elite
Portuguese, noun/eˈli.t͡ʃi/
elite is spelled E-L-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,385th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “elite (group with higher status)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que há de melhor na sociedade”.
What does elite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelite (group with higher status)
- 2
feminineelite (person who is among the best at certain task)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que há de melhor na sociedade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of elite
- elites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elite?
- Brazil /eˈli.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɛˈli.tɨ/
- Portugal /eˈli.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elite in Portuguese?
elite appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).