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. a person who has been elected in a vote
2. a person who has been chosen (by God)

• “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