Significado (English)
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- To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
- To elect.
- To decide to act in a certain way.
- To prefer; to wish; to desire.
Synonyms
𐐽𐐭𐑆
make a choice
decide on
fix upon
bear child
be disposed to
claim for oneself
pick from
vote for
wish for
tell a fortune
decide for
cull from
regard as pleasant
seek to get
select as a boon
help oneself to
select elect
fix on
like better
take possession of
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/t͡ʃuːz/
Etimoloxía (English)
In summary
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”).
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