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From Middle English choys, from a merger of the noun above and Middle English chyse, chuse, chys, chis (“choice, excellent”), from Old English ċīes (“choice; dainty; nice”), related to Old English ċēosan (“to choose”).

From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *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.

229 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отбран (otbran) — especially good or preferred
• Danish: udsøgt — especially good or preferred
• Dutch: uitgelezen — especially good or preferred
• French: de choix — especially good or preferred
• German: erlesen — especially good or preferred
• Ancient Greek: ἐξαίρετος (exaíretos) — especially good or preferred
• Ancient Greek: κριτός (kritós) — especially good or preferred
• Hebrew: מובחר (muvkhar) — especially good or preferred
• Hebrew: מובחרת (muvkheret) — especially good or preferred
• Irish: tofa — especially good or preferred
• Italian: di prima scelta — especially good or preferred
• Latin: ēlectus — especially good or preferred
• Māori: pūwharu — especially good or preferred
• Middle English: chois — especially good or preferred
• Polish: wyborowy — especially good or preferred
• Portuguese: seleto — especially good or preferred
• Spanish: exquisito — especially good or preferred
• Swedish: prima — especially good or preferred
• Swedish: utsökt — especially good or preferred
• Swedish: utvald — especially good or preferred
• Turkish: seçme — especially good or preferred
• Ottoman Turkish: سچمه (seçme) — especially good or preferred
• Ottoman Turkish: منتخب (müntehap) — especially good or preferred
• Afrikaans: keuse — option or decision
• Albanian: zgjedhje — option or decision
• Arabic: اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār) — option or decision
• Arabic: خِيَار (ḵiyār) — option or decision
• Armenian: ընտրություն (əntrutʻyun) — option or decision
• Azerbaijani: seçim — option or decision
• Basque: aukera — option or decision
• Belarusian: вы́бар (výbar) — option or decision
• Bulgarian: и́збор (ízbor) — option or decision
• Catalan: tria — option or decision
• Chinese Cantonese: 選擇 /选择 (syun2 zaak6) — option or decision
• Chinese: 選擇 /选择 (zh-min-nan) — option or decision
• Chinese Mandarin: 選擇 /选择 (xuǎnzé) — option or decision
• Czech: volba — option or decision
• Czech: výběr — option or decision
• Danish: valg — option or decision
• Dutch: keuze — option or decision
• Dutch: keuzemogelijkeheid — option or decision
• Esperanto: elekto — option or decision
• Estonian: valik — option or decision
• Faroese: val — option or decision
• Finnish: valinta — option or decision
• Finnish: valikoima — option or decision
• Finnish: vaihtoehto — option or decision
• French: choix — option or decision
• Georgian: არჩევა (arčeva) — option or decision
• German: Wahl — option or decision
• Greek: επιλογή (epilogí) — option or decision
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλογή (eklogḗ) — option or decision
• Ancient Greek: αἵρεσις (haíresis) — option or decision
• Hebrew: ברירה \ בְּרֵרָה (brera) — option or decision
• Hindi: चुनाव (cunāv) — option or decision
• Hindi: विकल्प (vikalp) — option or decision
• Hungarian: választás — option or decision
• Icelandic: val — option or decision
• Irish: rogha — option or decision
• Italian: scelta — option or decision
• Japanese: 選択 (sentaku) — option or decision
• Kazakh: таңдау (tañdau) — option or decision
• Khmer: ជំរើស (cumrəəh) — option or decision
• Khmer: ជម្រើស (cɔɔcumrəəh) — option or decision
• Korean: 선택 (seontaek) — option or decision
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵبژاردە (hellbjarde) — option or decision
• Central Kurdish: بژارە (bjare) — option or decision
• Central Kurdish: سەرتڵ (sertill) — option or decision
• Kyrgyz: тандоо (tandoo) — option or decision
• Lao: ທາງເລືອກ (thāng lư̄ak) — option or decision
• Latin: delectus — option or decision
• Latin: optiō — option or decision
• Latvian: izvēle — option or decision
• Lithuanian: pasirinkimas — option or decision
• Lithuanian: rinkinys — option or decision
• Macedonian: и́збор (ízbor) — option or decision
• Malay: pilihan — option or decision
• Malay: opsyen — option or decision
• Maltese: għażla — option or decision
• Māori: whiringa — option or decision
• Māori: kōwhitinga — option or decision
• Middle English: chois — option or decision
• Mongolian: сонголт (songolt) — option or decision
• Norwegian Bokmål: valg — option or decision
• Norwegian Nynorsk: val — option or decision
• Old English: cyre — option or decision
• Iranian Persian: گُزینِه (gozine) — option or decision
• Iranian Persian: اِنْتِخاب (entexâb) — option or decision
• Iranian Persian: اِخْتِیار (extiyâr) — option or decision
• Polish: wybór — option or decision
• Portuguese: escolha — option or decision
• Romanian: alegere — option or decision
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — option or decision
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh — option or decision
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзбор — option or decision
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzbor — option or decision
• Silesian: wybier — option or decision
• Sinhalese: තේරීම (tērīma) — option or decision
• Slovak: voľba — option or decision
• Slovak: výber — option or decision
• Slovene: izbira — option or decision
• Spanish: selección — option or decision
• Spanish: decisión — option or decision
• Spanish: opción — option or decision
• Spanish: escogimiento — option or decision
• Spanish: escogencia — option or decision
• Spanish: escogida — option or decision
• Spanish: escogitación — option or decision
• Spanish: elección — option or decision
• Swahili: chaguo — option or decision
• Swedish: val — option or decision
• Tajik: интихоб (intixob) — option or decision
• Tajik: ихтиёр (ixtiyor) — option or decision
• Thai: ทางเลือก (taang-lʉ̂ʉak) — option or decision
• Turkish: seçim — option or decision
• Ottoman Turkish: اختیار (ihtiyâr) — option or decision
• Ukrainian: ви́бір (výbir) — option or decision
• Urdu: اِنْتِخاب (intixāb) — option or decision
• Urdu: اِخْتِیار (ixtiyār) — option or decision
• Uyghur: تاللاش (tallash) — option or decision
• Uzbek: tanlash — option or decision
• Vietnamese: sự quyết định — option or decision
• Walloon: tchuze — option or decision
• Walloon: tchoi — option or decision
• Welsh: dewis — option or decision
• Yiddish: ברירה (breyre) — option or decision
• Afrikaans: keuse — selection or preference
• Belarusian: вы́бар (výbar) — selection or preference
• Bulgarian: и́збор (ízbor) — selection or preference
• Chinese Cantonese: 選擇 /选择 (syun2 zaak6) — selection or preference
• Chinese: 選擇 /选择 (zh-min-nan) — selection or preference
• Chinese Mandarin: 選擇 /选择 (xuǎnzé) — selection or preference
• Ngazidja Comorian: mtsauo — selection or preference
• Czech: volba — selection or preference
• Czech: možnost — selection or preference
• Danish: valg — selection or preference
• Dutch: keuze — selection or preference
• Esperanto: elekto — selection or preference
• Estonian: valik — selection or preference
• Finnish: vaihtoehto — selection or preference
• Finnish: valinta — selection or preference
• French: choix — selection or preference
• German: Wahl — selection or preference
• Greek: επιλογή (epilogí) — selection or preference
• Greek: εκλογή (eklogí) — selection or preference
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλογή (eklogḗ) — selection or preference
• Ancient Greek: αἵρεσις (haíresis) — selection or preference
• Hebrew: בְּחִירָה (b'khirá) — selection or preference
• Hindi: चयन (cayan) — selection or preference
• Irish: rogha — selection or preference
• Irish: toghadh — selection or preference
• Italian: scelta — selection or preference
• Japanese: 選択 (sentaku) — selection or preference
• Korean: 선택 (seontaek) — selection or preference
• Central Kurdish: ئارەزوو (arezû) — selection or preference
• Māori: whiringa — selection or preference
• Norwegian Bokmål: valg — selection or preference
• Norwegian Nynorsk: val — selection or preference
• Iranian Persian: گُزینِه (gozine) — selection or preference
• Iranian Persian: پَسَنْد (pasand) — selection or preference
• Polish: wybór — selection or preference
• Portuguese: escolha — selection or preference
• Quechua: akllay — selection or preference
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — selection or preference
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh — selection or preference
• Scottish Gaelic: roghainn — selection or preference
• Silesian: wybier — selection or preference
• Slovak: voľba — selection or preference
• Slovak: možnosť — selection or preference
• Slovene: izbȋra — selection or preference
• Slovene: možnost — selection or preference
• Spanish: elección — selection or preference
• Spanish: selección — selection or preference
• Spanish: escogimiento — selection or preference
• Spanish: escogencia — selection or preference
• Spanish: escogida — selection or preference
• Spanish: escogitación — selection or preference
• Swedish: val — selection or preference
• Ottoman Turkish: اختیار (ihtiyâr) — selection or preference
• Ukrainian: ви́бір (výbir) — selection or preference
• Urdu: پَسَنْد (pasand) — selection or preference
• Walloon: tchuze — selection or preference
• Belarusian: вы́бар (výbar) — anything that can be chosen
• Chinese Mandarin: 選項 /选项 (xuǎnxiàng) — anything that can be chosen
• Danish: valg — anything that can be chosen
• Finnish: vaihtoehto — anything that can be chosen
• French: choix — anything that can be chosen
• German: Auswahl — anything that can be chosen
• Greek: επιλογή (epilogí) — anything that can be chosen
• Higaonon: pilion — anything that can be chosen
• Hindi: विकल्प (vikalp) — anything that can be chosen
• Hindi: चयन (cayan) — anything that can be chosen
• Irish: rogha — anything that can be chosen
• Japanese: 選択肢 (sentakushi) — anything that can be chosen
• Korean: 선택 (seontaek) — anything that can be chosen
• Korean: 선택지 (seontaekji) — anything that can be chosen
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵبژاردە (hellbjarde) — anything that can be chosen
• Central Kurdish: بژارە (bjare) — anything that can be chosen
• Central Kurdish: سەرتڵ (sertill) — anything that can be chosen
• Māori: whiringa — anything that can be chosen
• Māori: kōwhitinga — anything that can be chosen
• Iranian Persian: بَرْگُزیدِه (bargozide) — anything that can be chosen
• Iranian Persian: بَرْگُزیدِه شُدِه (bargozide šode) — anything that can be chosen
• Polish: wybór — anything that can be chosen
• Portuguese: escolha — anything that can be chosen
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — anything that can be chosen
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh — anything that can be chosen
• Spanish: opción — anything that can be chosen
• Swedish: sortiment — anything that can be chosen
• Swedish: urval — anything that can be chosen
• Ukrainian: ви́бір (výbir) — anything that can be chosen
• Walloon: tchuze — anything that can be chosen
• Walloon: sôre — anything that can be chosen
• Chinese Mandarin: 上等的 (shàngděng de) — definite: best or most preferable part
• Danish: elite — definite: best or most preferable part
• Danish: bedste del — definite: best or most preferable part
• Finnish: eliitti — definite: best or most preferable part
• French: morceau de choix — definite: best or most preferable part
• Irish: rogha — definite: best or most preferable part
• Irish: togha — definite: best or most preferable part
• Italian: ottimo — definite: best or most preferable part
• Italian: ottima — definite: best or most preferable part
• Japanese: 最適な (saiteki na) — definite: best or most preferable part
• Māori: pūharu — definite: best or most preferable part
• Māori: pūwharu — definite: best or most preferable part
• Polish: wybór — definite: best or most preferable part
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh — definite: best or most preferable part
• Swedish: eliten — definite: best or most preferable part
• Swedish: den/det bästa — definite: best or most preferable part