choix

See also: Choix

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French choix, from Old French chois, deverbal from choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Frankish (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 choose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃwa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: choie, choient, choies, chois, choit

Noun

choix m (plural choix)

1. choice
2. (sports) pick, draft pick

Derived terms

• de choix
• de premier choix
• de son choix
• embarras du choix

 

Related terms

• choisir

Further reading

• “choix”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• chois

Etymology

From Old French chois, deverbal from choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to examine, perceive”), 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to choose, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”).

Noun

choix m (plural choix)

1. choice
2. choosing