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elite

adjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues

  • Royaume-Uni//ɪˈliːt//
  • Royaume-Uni//ɛˈliːt//
  • États-Unis//ɪˈlit//
  • États-Unis//eɪˈlit//
  • États-Unis//əˈlit//

Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

adjectif

  1. 1

    Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

  2. 2

    Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

    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.

Étymologie

From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.

nom

  1. 1

    A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.

    constituting an elite

    the hubris of the elites

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

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  2. 2

    An individual member of such a group.

  3. 3

    Someone who is among the best at a certain task.

    The Nations League results have also seen England respond to an ongoing criticism that they fail to beat the top sides, with even Southgate insisting they could not be considered among the world's elite until they beat the best. The World Cup did nothing to answer those questions.

  4. 4

    A typeface with 12 characters per inch.

Formes

pluriel
elites
comparatif
eliter, more elite
superlatif
elitest, most elite
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

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