élit

See also: elit

French

Etymology

The past participle comes from Old French eslit, from Latin ēlēctus, probably through a Vulgar Latin form *exlectus. Compare the parallel Old French form esleü (Modern French élu).

Pronunciation

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Verb

élit

1. third-person singular present indicative of élire

Participle

élit (feminine élite, masculine plural élits, feminine plural élites)

1. (obsolete) past participle of élire (displaced by élu; survives in élite)

Further reading

• “élit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lite