At our high school, French is an elective.
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Elective
//ɪˈlɛktɪv//
Synonyms for "elective" (89 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (44)
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9 entriesderived from
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30 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կամընտրական adj (optional or discretionary)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изборен adj (of or pertaining to voting or elections)
- по избор adj (optional or discretionary)
Catalan
2 entries- electiu adj (of or pertaining to voting or elections)
- electiu adj (optional or discretionary)
Czech
1 entries- elektivní adj (optional or discretionary)
Danish
3 entries- elektiv adj (optional or discretionary)
- mulighed noun (Translations)
- option noun (Translations)
Finnish
3 entries- vaali adj (of or pertaining to voting or elections)
- valinnainen adj (optional or discretionary)
- äänestys adj (of or pertaining to voting or elections)
French
2 entries- facultatif adj (optional or discretionary)
- option noun (Translations)
German
3 entries- elektiv adj (optional or discretionary)
- optional adj (optional or discretionary)
- wählend adj (optional or discretionary)
Hungarian
4 entries- elektív adj (optional or discretionary)
- fakultáció adj (optional or discretionary)
- tervezhető adj (optional or discretionary)
- ütemezett adj (optional or discretionary)
Indonesian
1 entries- elektif adj (optional or discretionary)
Korean
2 entries- 선거의 adj (of or pertaining to voting or elections)
- 수의선택의 adj (optional or discretionary)
Portuguese
1 entries- eletivo adj (of or pertaining to voting or elections)
Spanish
2 entries- electivo adj (of or pertaining to voting or elections)
- electivo adj (optional or discretionary)
Swedish
1 entries- valbar adj (optional or discretionary)
Turkish
1 entries- seçmeli adj (optional or discretionary)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
French is an elective.
Source: tatoeba (9432200)
In high school, my language elective was French, as I waited to learn Japanese and Spanish from a big university.
Source: tatoeba (10548099)
Your government makes English mandatory in schools. As many do not really want this language, it should be an elective subject, as other possible languages.
Source: tatoeba (10569411)
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