élu

• élit (obsolete)

Inherited from Old French esleü.

• IPA^(key): /e.ly/

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élu (feminine élue, masculine plural élus, feminine plural élues)

1. past participle of élire (“elected”)

élu m (plural élus)

1. elected official, politician (person who has been elected in a vote)

   nos élus ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. chosen (person who has been chosen by God)

   l'élu ― the chosen one

   les élus de Dieu ― God's elect

• “élu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• leu, lue

From Portuguese elo.

élu

1. tie
2. link
3. bond

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN