Dictionary entry

Elite

Pronunciation: /eɪˈliːt/

Pronunciation

/eɪˈliːt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) လက်ရွေးစင်။

Definition

élite ( also elite) /eÇ'li:t, Ç'li:t/ n [CGp] ( often derog ) အထက္ လႊာ။ လူ႕မလိုင္။ a member of the ruling/intellectual élite ❍ an élite force/regiment. ❏ élitism /eÇ'li:tÇzǝm, Ç-/ n [U] ( often derog ) (က) လူေတာ္လူေကာင္း ထြန္းကားေရးယံုၾကည္ခ်က္။ အထက္လႊာရိွသင့္ ေၾကာင္း ယံုၾကည္ခ်က္။ Many people believe that private education encourages élitism. (ခ) အထက္တန္းစား ဟန္ပန္ ေလလန္ရိွေသာ။ I find her élitism offensive. élitist n , adj

Examples

  1. The elites of wealth and power
  2. [political/legal/social elite] : Members of the political elite
  3. Only a small elite among mountaineers can climb these routes.