"eclectic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/, /ɪˈklɛk.tɪk/ Audio: en-us-eclectic.ogg [US], en-au-eclectic.ogg [Australia] Forms: more eclectic [comparative], most eclectic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”). Cognate to elect. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|éclectique}} French éclectique, {{der|en|grc|ἐκλεκτικός||selective}} Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), {{m|grc|ἐκλέγω||I pick, choose}} ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), {{m|grc|ἐκ||out, from}} ἐκ (ek, “out, from”), {{m|grc|λέγω||I choose, count}} λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”), {{m|en|elect}} elect Head templates: {{en-adj}} eclectic (comparative more eclectic, superlative most eclectic)
  1. Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles. Translations (selecting a mixture of what appear to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles): eclèctic (Catalan), eklektický (Czech), eklektisk (Danish), eclectisch (Dutch), eklektinen (Finnish), valikoiva (Finnish), éclectique (French), eklektisch (German), vielseitig (German), εκλεκτικός (eklektikós) (Greek), eklektikus (Hungarian), sem velur úr það besta (english: who picks the best) (Icelandic), eclettico (Italian), eclecticus (Latin), еклектичен (eklektičen) (Macedonian), femblagh (Manx), eklektisk (Norwegian Bokmål), eklektisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), eklektyczny (Polish), eclético (Portuguese), eclectic (Romanian), эклектичный (eklektičnyj) (Russian), ecléctico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eclectic-en-adj-g80NC-P6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 15 43 Disambiguation of 'selecting a mixture of what appear to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles': 89 11
  2. Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous. Synonyms (unrelated and unspecialized): heterogeneous Translations (unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous): eclèctic (Catalan), eklektický (Czech), uiteenlopend (Dutch), monenkirjava (Finnish), monivivahteinen (Finnish), eklektinen (Finnish), hétérogène (French), hétéroclite disparate (French), de bric et de broc (French), heterogen (German), verschiedenartig (German), eclettico (Italian), disparato (Italian), heteroclitico (Italian), eterogeneo (Italian), poliedrico [masculine] (Italian), versatile [masculine] (Italian), eclecticus (Latin), разновиден (raznoviden) (Macedonian), femblagh (Manx), blanding (Norwegian), eclético (Portuguese), eterogen (Romanian), разнородный (raznorodnyj) (Russian), heterogéneo (Spanish), heteróclito (Spanish), disparatado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eclectic-en-adj-jZ3D-DXS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 15 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 42 31 Disambiguation of 'unrelated and unspecialized': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterogeneous, eclectick [obsolete] Derived forms: eclectically, eclecticism, eclectic medicine Related terms: cherry pick, heteroclite, holistic

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/, /ɪˈklɛk.tɪk/ Audio: en-us-eclectic.ogg [US], en-au-eclectic.ogg [Australia] Forms: eclectics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”). Cognate to elect. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|éclectique}} French éclectique, {{der|en|grc|ἐκλεκτικός||selective}} Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), {{m|grc|ἐκλέγω||I pick, choose}} ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”), {{m|grc|ἐκ||out, from}} ἐκ (ek, “out, from”), {{m|grc|λέγω||I choose, count}} λέγω (légō, “I choose, count”), {{m|en|elect}} elect Head templates: {{en-noun}} eclectic (plural eclectics)
  1. Someone who selects according to the eclectic method. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who selects by the eclectic method): eklektik [masculine] (Czech), eklektiker [common-gender] (Danish), eclecticus [masculine] (Dutch), eklektikko (Finnish), Eklektiker [masculine] (German), eclettico (Italian), еклектичар (eklektičar) [masculine] (Macedonian), eclético [masculine] (Portuguese), eclectic [masculine] (Romanian), экле́ктик (ekléktik) [masculine] (Russian), еклектик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), eklektik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ecléctico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eclectic-en-noun--b-r8qyw Disambiguation of People: 1 0 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 15 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eclectick [obsolete]

Adjective [Romanian]

IPA: /eˈklek.tik/
Etymology: Borrowed from French éclectique. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|éclectique|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French éclectique, {{bor+|ro|fr|éclectique}} Borrowed from French éclectique Head templates: {{ro-adj}} eclectic m or n (feminine singular eclectică, masculine plural eclectici, feminine and neuter plural eclectice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: eclectică [feminine, singular], eclectici [masculine, plural], eclectice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], eclectic [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], eclectică [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], eclectici [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], eclectice [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], eclecticul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], eclectica [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], eclecticii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], eclecticele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], eclectic [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], eclectice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], eclectici [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], eclectice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], eclecticului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], eclecticei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], eclecticilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], eclecticelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. eclectic Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-eclectic-ro-adj-3gxsQnLP Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1893, John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity, pages 211, 214",
          "text": "Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men.",
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          "ref": "1983, Peter J. Wilson, Man, the Promising Primate: The Conditions of Human Evolution, page 140",
          "text": "All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.",
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          "ref": "2006, W. Frederick Zimmerman, Should Barack Obama Be President?, page 153",
          "text": "Colvin said Obama has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown.",
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          "ref": "2018 September 26, Drachinifel, 2:30 from the start, in The Battle of Lissa - Special, archived from the original on 2023-08-09",
          "text": "The Austrians concentrated their entire armored formation into the 1st Division; the 2nd Division consisted solely of the wooden ship of the line Kaiser, looking incredibly out of place in a battle of ironclads, along with five frigates; and the 3rd Division had an eclectic collection of smaller gunboats and armed merchantmen.",
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          "word": "hétéroclite disparate"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "de bric et de broc"
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          "sense": "unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous",
          "word": "verschiedenartig"
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          "sense": "unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous",
          "word": "eclettico"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "raznoviden",
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          "word": "разновиден"
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          "word": "blanding"
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          "sense": "unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous",
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          "sense": "unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous",
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