choisir
Meaning
- to choose
- (obsolete) to perceive, distinguish
Concepts
blue-ribbon
fix on
select elect
𐐽𐐭𐑆
Synonyms
mettre à part
selectionner
se rallier (à)
se ranger (à)
faire son choix
mettre dans
opter pour
picorer
porter son choix sur
éspouser
Frequency
Hyphenated as
choi‧sir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃwa.ziʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French choisir, from Old French choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Frankish *kauʀijan (“to choose”) or Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan), both from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”). Cognate with Franco-Provençal chouêsir (“to choose”), Germanic cognates include Old Frisian kēra (“to elect”). Related also to Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to choose, examine”), Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.
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