choose

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
2. To elect.
3. To decide to act in a certain way.
4. To prefer; to wish; to desire.

Conj

The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

Noun

1. (obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
2. (obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.

Concepts

choisir

opter

sélectionner

désigner

élire

prendre

adopter

décider

trier

voter

réserver

préférer

désirer

vouloir

faire

picorer

porter

ramasser

rassembler

recevoir

épouser

juger

choisi

ériger

retenir

donner sa voix

donner son vote

prendre part au vote

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/t͡ʃuːz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English cheosen, chesen, from Old English ċēosan (“to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test, accept, settle for, approve”), from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti, from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”).
Cognate with Scots chuise, cheese (“to choose”), North Frisian kese (“to choose”), Saterland Frisian kjoze (“to choose”), West Frisian kieze (“to choose”), Dutch kiezen (“to choose”), French choisir (“to choose”), Low German kesen (“to choose”), German Low German kiesen (“to pick, select”), archaic and partially obsolete German kiesen (“to choose”), Danish kyse (“to frighten (via ‘to charm, allure’ and ‘to enchant’)”), Norwegian kjose (“to choose”), Swedish tjusa (“to charm, allure, enchant”), Icelandic kjósa (“to choose, vote, elect”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to test”), Latin gustō (“I taste, sample”), Ancient Greek γεύω (geúō, “to feed”), Sanskrit जोषति (jóṣati, “to like, enjoy”), Russian кушать (kúšatʹ, “to have a meal, to eat”).