See elit on Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eliten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elitens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eliter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eliters",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eliterna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eliternas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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"1": "c"
},
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}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "elitism"
},
{
"word": "elitistisk"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "He's part of the elite",
"text": "Han tillhör eliten",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"an elite (group comprising the best, in some sense)"
],
"links": [
[
"elite",
"elite"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Swedish adjectives",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish nouns",
"Swedish terms derived from Latin"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "la",
"3": "ēligō",
"4": "eligere",
"5": "choose, elect"
},
"expansion": "Latin eligere (“choose, elect”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "elite"
},
"expansion": "English elite",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately from Latin eligere (“choose, elect”), like English elite.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "elit",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Swedish slang",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "Damn he's good",
"text": "Fan vad elit han är",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"very skilled, leet"
],
"links": [
[
"skilled",
"skilled"
],
[
"leet",
"leet"
]
],
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"(slang) very skilled, leet"
],
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"slang"
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "elit",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh literary terms",
"Welsh non-lemma forms",
"Welsh verb forms"
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{
"word": "mynd"
}
],
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"second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of mynd"
],
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[
"mynd",
"mynd#Welsh"
]
],
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"(literary) second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of mynd"
],
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"literary",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛlɪt/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈeːlɪt/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛlɪt/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "elit"
}
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