eligible
See also: éligible
English
Etymology
From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛlɪdʒəb(ə)l/
Adjective
eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)
- allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
- worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
Usage notes
Used in the phrase eligible bachelor to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.
Synonyms
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Translations
meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen
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Translations
one who is eligible
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Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin eligibilis.
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eligible, supplement)
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