chosen

See also: Chosen, Chōsen, and chōsen

English

Etymology

From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose +‎ -en (past participle ending).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chōz'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/
  • Rhymes: -əʊzən
• (General American) enPR: chōz'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊ.zən/

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  • Rhymes: -oʊzən

Verb

chosen

1. past participle of choose
2. past participle of chuse

Adjective

chosen (comparative more chosen, superlative most chosen)

1. picked; selected
2. elected

Derived terms

• chosen-ciphertext attack
• chosen family
• chosenhood
• chosen instrument
• chosenness
• chosen one
• chosen-plaintext attack
• chosen race
• ill-chosen

 

Translations

picked

• Galician: escolleito
• German: gewählt (de), ausgewählt (de), ausgesucht (de), erwählt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐκλεκτός (eklektós)

• Latin: ēlectus, optīvus
• Portuguese: escolhido (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: izabran (sh), odabran (sh)
• Spanish: escogido (es)
• Swedish: vald (sv)

elected

• Galician: electo
• German: gewählt (de), erwählt (de)
• Portuguese: eleito (pt) m
• Swedish: vald (sv)

Anagrams

• Cheons, Schoen, chones, cohens, enochs