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eligible

English

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ?lig? (“select, choose”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l?d??b(?)l/

Adjective

eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)

  1. allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
  2. 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

  • qualified

Antonyms

  • ineligible
  • unqualified

Related terms

  • eligibility
  • eligibly
  • elite
  • elect
  • elegant
  • choosable
  • licensed

See also

  • illegible

Translations

Noun

eligible (plural eligibles)

  1. One who is eligible.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eligibilis.

Adjective

eligible m or f (plural eligibles)

  1. choosable; selectable (that one can choose)

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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qualifies

English

Verb

qualifies

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of qualify

French

Verb

qualifies

  1. second-person singular present indicative of qualifier
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of qualifier

Anagrams

  • liquéfias

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