choice

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Etymology

Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”) from Gothic *kausjan (“to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃɔɪs/, X-SAMPA: /tSOIs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪs

Noun

choice (plural choices)

1. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
   • 2012 January 1, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 74: 

     Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.

   Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?

2. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

   The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.

3. Anything that can be chosen.
4. (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.

Synonyms

• (anything that can be chosen): assortment, range, selection
• (definite: best or most preferable part): the cream
• See also Wikisaurus:option

Related terms

• choose
• choosey
• chosen
• Hobson's choice

Translations

option or decision

• Albanian: zgjedhje
• Arabic: اختيار (ixtiār) m
• Armenian: ընտրություն
• Basque: aukera (eu)
• Bulgarian: избор (bg) (izbor) m
• Catalan: tria (ca) f
• Chinese: 選擇, 选择 (xuǎnzé)
• Czech: volba (cs) f
• Danish: valg (da) n
• Dutch: keuze f, keuzemogelijkeheid f
• Esperanto: elekto (eo)
• Estonian: valik
• Finnish: valinta, valikoima
• French: choix (fr) m
• Georgian: არჩევა (ka) (arčeva)
• German: Wahl (de) f
• Greek: επιλογή (el) (epilogí) f (epilogí)
• Hebrew: ברירה (brera) f
• Hindi: चुनाव (hi) (cunāv) m
• Hungarian: választás (hu)
• Icelandic: val (is)
• Irish: rogha (ga) f
• Italian: scelta (it) f
• Japanese: 選択 (ja) (せんたく, sentaku)

• Korean: 선택 (seontaek)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هه‌ڵبژارده‌ (ku) (helbjarde), بژاره‌ (ku) (bjare), سه‌رتڵ (ku) (sertl)

• Latin: delectus m
• Latvian: izvele
• Lithuanian: rinklus, šiurkštus
• Malay: pilihan (ms), opsyen (ms)
• Maltese: għażla
• Norwegian: valg (no)
• Persian: گزینه (gozineh)
• Polish: wybór (pl) m
• Portuguese: escolha (pt) f
• Russian: выбор (ru) (výbor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: izbor (sh) m
• Slovene: izbira (sl) f
• Spanish: selección (es) f, decisión (es) f, opción (es) f
• Swedish: alternativ (sv) n, val (sv) n
• Thai: ทางเลือก (taang lêuak)
• Turkish: seçim (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự quyết định
• Welsh: dewis

selection or preference

• Bulgarian: избор (bg) (izbor) m
• Chinese: 選擇, 选择 (xuǎnzé)
• Czech: volba (cs) f, možnost (cs) f
• Danish: valg (da) n
• Dutch: keuze (nl) f
• Estonian: valik (et)
• French: choix (fr) m
• German: Wahl (de) f
• Greek: επιλογή (el) (epilogí) f (epilogí), εκλογή (el) (eklogí) (eklogí)
• Hebrew: בחירה (he) (bkhira) f
• Hindi: पसंद (hi) (pasand) f
• Irish: rogha (ga) f

• Italian: scelta (it) f
• Japanese: 選択 (ja) (sentaku)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

  Sorani: ئاره‌زوو (ku) (arezu)

• Persian: گزینه (gozineh), پسند (pasand)
• Polish: wybór (pl) m
• Portuguese: escolha (pt) f
• Russian: выбор (ru) (výbor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh (gd) m, roghainn (gd) m and f
• Spanish: elección (es) f
• Swedish: val (sv) n

anything that can be chosen

• Danish: valg (da) n
• French: choix (fr) m
• German: Auswahl (de) f
• Greek: επιλογή (el) (epilogí) f (epilogí)
• Irish: rogha (ga) f
• Japanese: 選択肢 (ja) (せんたくし, sentakushi)
• Korean: 선택 (seontaek)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هه‌ڵبژارده‌ (ku) (helbjarde), بژاره‌ (ku) (bjare), سه‌رتڵ (ku) (sertl)

• Persian: برگزیده (bargozideh), برگزیده شده (bargozideh šodeh)
• Polish: wybór (pl) m
• Russian: выбор (ru) (výbor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh (gd) m
• Swedish: sortiment (sv) n, urval (sv) n

definite: best or most preferable part

• Chinese: 上等的, 上等的 (shàngděng de)
• Danish: elite (da), bedste (da) del (da)
• French: morceau de choix m
• Irish: rogha (ga) f
• Italian: ottimo (it) m, ottima (it) f

• Japanese: 最適 (ja) (さいてき, saiteki)
• Polish: wybór (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh (gd) m
• Swedish: eliten (sv), den/det bästa (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: elekto
• Korean: 선택 (seontaek)

• Spanish: opción f

Adjective

choice (comparative choicer or more choice, superlative choicest or most choice)

1. Especially good or preferred.

   It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.

2. (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.

   Choice! I'm going to the movies.

Synonyms

• (especially good or preferred): prime, prize, quality, select

Translations

especially good or preferred

• Bulgarian: отбран (bg) (otbran)
• Danish: udsøgt (da)
• Dutch: uitgelezen (nl)
• Hebrew: מובחר (muvkhar) m, מובחרת (muvkheret) f

• Italian: di prima scelta
• Polish: wyborowy m
• Spanish: elección (es)
• Swedish: prima (sv), utsökt (sv), utvald (sv)

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