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FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

choix.

choice

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃwa/

  1. choice

    invariable · masculine
    faire un bon choix

  2. pick, draft pick

    invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French choix, from Old French chois, deverbal from choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Frankish *keusan (see contemporary Dutch kiezen), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”) (whence German kiesen (“to choose”)), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at English choose.

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