élite
Spanish, noun
élite is spelled É-L-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,116th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élite is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “elite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, elite is a different word: “alternative form of élite”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Minoría selecta y rectora”.
What does élite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelite
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of élite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Minoría selecta y rectora. 2. Lo escogido, lo selecto, la flor y nata.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of élite
- elites plural
- élites plural
- elite alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to élite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élite in Spanish?
élite appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).