eligible

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/, /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ === 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 ==== ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== illegible === Noun === eligible (plural eligibles) One who is eligible. ==== Translations ==== == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin eligibilis. === Adjective === eligible m or f (plural eligibles) choosable; selectable (that one can choose) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “eligible”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Spanish == === Adjective === eligible m or f (masculine and feminine plural eligibles) archaic form of elegible === Further reading === “eligible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025