elite

Etymology
From, from , past participle of , , from , with past participle ; see elect.

Adjective

 * 1) Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
 * 2) Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: elitar
 * Belarusian: элі́тны
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: elita
 * Estonian: eliit
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , d'élite
 * Galician: elite
 * German:, Elite-, Eliten-, Auslese-
 * Greek:
 * Maori: hunga pakipaki
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: de elite
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: ชั้นนำ
 * Ukrainian: елі́тний

Noun

 * 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.
 * 3)  A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
 * 1)  A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
 * 1)  A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
 * 1)  A typeface with 12 characters per inch.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نُخْبَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: elita
 * Belarusian: элі́та
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: elite
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: elito
 * Estonian: eliit
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: elite
 * Georgian: ელიტა
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: עילית, אליטה
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 選り抜き, ,
 * Kazakh: элита
 * Khmer: វរជន
 * Korean: 엘리트
 * Kyrgyz: элита
 * Latvian: elite
 * Lithuanian: elitas
 * Macedonian: ели́та
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: elit
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, socjeta
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: елѝта
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: elita
 * Slovene: elita
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kapilian
 * Thai:, , , อีลีท
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: елі́та
 * Uzbek:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: top-
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: អ្នកខ្ពស់
 * Polish:, najlepsza
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Thai: ชั้นยอด, ชั้นนำ,

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  group with a high or privileged status

Usage notes
The term may be used with negative as well as positive connotations, but negative connotations tend to predominate, especially in contemporary political discourse. Overall the term has a more negative ring than 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  group with higher status
 * 2)  person who is among the best at certain task
 * 1)  person who is among the best at certain task