élite
French, noun\e.lit\
élite is spelled É-L-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élite is a French feminine noun meaning “elite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le plus digne d’être choisi, ainsi celui considéré comme le meilleur”.
What does élite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le plus digne d’être choisi, ainsi celui considéré comme le meilleur. 2. Classe ou caste d’individus, officielle ou non, considérés comme intrinsèquement supérieurs aux autres gens (en politique, économie, morale…).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of élite
- élites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élite?
- \e.lit\
- [e.lit]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élite in French?
élite appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).