elite

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈliːt/, /əˈliːt/, /ɛˈliːt/, /eɪˈliːt/

Adjective

elite (comparative eliter, superlative elitest)

1. Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
2. Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
   • 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)

     Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

Translations

• French: élite, élitaire, d'élite
• German: elitär, Elite-, Eliten-, Auslese-
• Portuguese: de elite
• Russian: эли́тный
• Spanish: élite

Noun

elite (plural elites)

1. A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
2. Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
   • 1964, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871349,00.html France's Culture Corps]," Time, 7 Aug.,

     Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?

Related terms

• elect
• elitism
• elitist
• elegant
• eligible
• l33t
• select
• selection

Translations

• French: élite
• German: Elite, Auslese, Oberschicht, Führungsschicht, Spitzengruppe, (figurative) Spitze
• Italian: élite
• Portuguese: elite, escol
• Russian: эли́та
• Spanish: élite

Translations

• German: Elite
• Portuguese: elite

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