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

  • enPR: chōz'ən, Rhymes: -əʊzən
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊ.zən/
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    • (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoː.zən/
  • enPR: cho͞oz'ən, Rhymes: -uːzən
by analogy with choose
    • (Indic) IPA(key): /t͡ʃuːzən/

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

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