See élite on Wiktionary
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"Spanish terms borrowed from French",
"Spanish terms derived from French",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"elite"
],
"links": [
[
"elite",
"elite"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈelite/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈe.li.t̪e]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-elite"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "elite"
}
],
"word": "élite"
}
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