sélection
See also: selection
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“to choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.lɛk.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) - Homophone: sélections
- Hyphenation: sé‧lec‧tion
Noun
sélection f (plural sélections)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: selecție
- → Turkish: seleksiyon
Further reading
- “sélection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.