🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

elective noun

  /ɪˈlɛktɪv/
option

elective adjective

  /ɪˈlɛktɪv/
  • Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
facultatif

election noun

  /əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/ , /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
  • A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
  • (archaic) Any conscious choice.
élection

elect verb

  /i-/ , /ə-/ , /ɪˈlɛkt/
  • (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election
élire
  • (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
choisir, décider

elect adjective

  /i-/ , /ə-/ , /ɪˈlɛkt/
  • (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
élu

elect noun

  /i-/ , /ə-/ , /ɪˈlɛkt/
  • One chosen or set apart.
  • (theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
élu, élue

electable adjective

  • able to be elected to office
éligible

-elect suffix

  • Used after a title to indicate that the person has been elected to hold the title, but has not yet officially taken it.
futur

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

électif adjective

  /e.lɛk.tif/
elective
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