elective

1. Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.

2. Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor.

   After accounting for all of my required courses, there is hardly any room in my schedule for any elective ones.

   elektiv, optional, wählend

3. Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).

   It was very confusing hearing my cancer surgery being classified as "elective surgery". Am I "electing" to live rather than die?

1. French is an elective.

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2. At our high school, French is an elective.

   ruВ нашей школе французский не является обязательным предметом. — odexed

   deIn unserem Gymnasium ist Französisch ein Wahlfach. — kitab

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3. It is better in schools to have several language electives available to students.

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4. In schools in Hispanic countries, English is just an elective subject that few take.

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5. In high school, my language elective was French, as I waited to learn Japanese and Spanish from a big university.

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