transcription, транскрипция: [ ā-ˈlēt, i-, ē- ]
noun
Etymology: French élite, from Old French eslite, from feminine of eslit, past participle of eslire to choose, from Latin eligere
Date: 1823
1.
a. singular or plural in construction : the choice part : cream
the elite of the entertainment world
b. singular or plural in construction : the best of a class
superachievers who dominate the computer elite — Marilyn Chase
c. singular or plural in construction : the socially superior part of society
how the elite live — A P World
how the French-speaking elite …was changing — Economist
d. : a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence
members of the ruling elite
the intellectual elite s of the country
e. : a member of such an elite — usually used in plural
the elite s …, pursuing their studies in Europe — Robert Wernick
2. : a typewriter type providing 12 characters to the linear inch
• elite adjective