ch·ouèsir

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Borrowed from French choisir.

Verb

ch·ouèsir (ORB large)

1. to choose

Notes

In words where virtually every dialect has the sounds [ʃ] or [ʒ], these may be indicated with an optional interpunct: ⟨ch·⟩ for [ʃ], ⟨g·⟩ or ⟨j·⟩ for [ʒ]. This is generally the case for recent borrowings from French. In native words ⟨ch⟩, ⟨g⟩ (before front vowels), and ⟨j⟩ stand for a variety of sounds that vary by dialect.

Related terms

• ch·ouèx

References

• choisir in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• ch·ouèsir in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1790: “choisir” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “kausjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 303