choix

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃwa/

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

choix m (plural choix)

1. choice

   faire un bon choix ― to make a good choice

2. (sports) pick, draft pick

• choisir

• → Franco-Provençal: ch·ouèx

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

• chois

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”).

choix m (plural choix)

1. choice
2. choosing