choice

Etymology 1
From, from , from , possibly via assumed , from , from , from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at choose.

Noun

 * 1) An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
 * Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
 * 1)  The power to choose.
 * She didn't leave us much choice.
 * 1) One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
 * The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
 * 1) Anything that can be chosen.
 * 2)  The best or most preferable part.
 * 3)  Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
 * 4) * 1757,, , London: R. & J. Dodsley, Part I, Section I, p. 1,
 * We see children perpetually running from place to place to hunt out something new; they catch with great eagerness, and with very little choice, at whatever comes before them; their attention is engaged by every thing, because every thing has, in that stage of life, the charm of novelty to recommend it.
 * 1)  A sufficient number to choose among.
 * 1)  Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
 * 2) * 1757,, , London: R. & J. Dodsley, Part I, Section I, p. 1,
 * We see children perpetually running from place to place to hunt out something new; they catch with great eagerness, and with very little choice, at whatever comes before them; their attention is engaged by every thing, because every thing has, in that stage of life, the charm of novelty to recommend it.
 * 1)  A sufficient number to choose among.
 * 1)  A sufficient number to choose among.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:option
 * the cream
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:cornucopia
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:cornucopia

Translations

 * Afrikaans: keuse
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اِخْتِيَار,
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: aukera
 * Belarusian: вы́бар
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 選擇
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, keuzemogelijkeheid
 * Esperanto: elekto
 * Estonian: valik
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: არჩევა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐκλογή, αἵρεσις
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: таңдау
 * Khmer: ជំរើស,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەڵبژاردە, بژارە,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ທາງເລືອກ
 * Latin:, optiō
 * Latvian: izvēle
 * Lithuanian:, rinkinys
 * Macedonian: и́збор
 * Malay:, opsyen
 * Maltese: għażla
 * Maori: whiringa, kōwhitinga
 * Middle English: chois
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: val
 * Old English: cyre
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: taghadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѝзбор
 * Roman:
 * Silesian: wybier
 * Sinhalese: තේරීම
 * Slovak: voľba, výber
 * Slovene: izbira
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ви́бір
 * Urdu:, اِخْتِیار
 * Uyghur: تاللاش
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: ברירה


 * Afrikaans: keuse
 * Belarusian: вы́бар
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 選擇
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: elekto
 * Estonian: valik
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: ἐκλογή, αἵρεσις
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Irish:, toghadh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئارەزوو
 * Maori: whiringa
 * Ngazidja Comorian: mtsauo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: val
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: akllay
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: taghadh, roghainn
 * Silesian: wybier
 * Slovak: voľba, možnosť
 * Slovene: izbȋra,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: ви́бір
 * Urdu: پَسَند
 * Walloon:


 * Belarusian: вы́бар
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Higaonon: pilion
 * Irish:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 선택지(選擇肢)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەڵبژاردە, بژارە,
 * Maori: whiringa, kōwhitinga
 * Persian:, بَرگُزیدِه شَدِه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: taghadh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ви́бір
 * Walloon: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: elite, bedste
 * Finnish:
 * French: morceau de choix
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: pūharu, pūwharu
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: taghadh
 * Swedish: ,


 * Esperanto:
 * Korean:

Etymology 2
From, from a merger of the noun above and , , , , from , related to 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Especially good or preferred.
 * 2)  Careful in choosing; discriminating.
 * 3) * 1856, (tr.), Fairy Tales by the Countess d'Aulnoy, The Princess Carpillon:
 * Thus musing, he ate nothing; the Queen, believing that it was in consequence of his having been unkindly received, loaded him with caresses; she herself handed him some exquisite fruits, of which she was very choice.
 * 1)  Careful in choosing; discriminating.
 * 2) * 1856, (tr.), Fairy Tales by the Countess d'Aulnoy, The Princess Carpillon:
 * Thus musing, he ate nothing; the Queen, believing that it was in consequence of his having been unkindly received, loaded him with caresses; she herself handed him some exquisite fruits, of which she was very choice.
 * Thus musing, he ate nothing; the Queen, believing that it was in consequence of his having been unkindly received, loaded him with caresses; she herself handed him some exquisite fruits, of which she was very choice.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * French: de choix
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐξαίρετος
 * Hebrew: מובחר, מובחרת
 * Irish: tofa
 * Italian: di prima scelta
 * Latin: ēlectus
 * Maori: pūwharu
 * Middle English: chois
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ottoman Turkish: سچمه, منتخب

Interjection

 * 1)  Cool; excellent.
 * "I'm going to the movies." —"Choice!"