choisir

Meaning

1. to choose
2. (obsolete) to perceive, distinguish

Concepts

choose

select

pick

elect

pick out

name

take

opt

adopt

single out

prefer

sort

reserve

appoint

to

fix on

cull

produce

take out

harvest

reap

assume

classify

try

carry

gather

make

marry

pick up

receive

judge

please

chose

discern

distinguish

make out

recognise

recognize

spot

tell apart

blue-ribbon

constitute

nominate

select elect

𐐽𐐭𐑆

Hyphenated as

choi‧sir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃwa.ziʁ/

Etymology

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.