chose

English Online Dictionary. What means chose‎? What does chose mean?

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: chōz, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəʊz/
• (US) enPR: chōz, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

chose

1. simple past of choose
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of choose
3. simple past of chuse

Etymology 2

From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.

Noun

chose (plural choses)

1. (law) A thing; personal property.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Choes, HCEOs, So-ch'e, choes, echos, oches

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chose, from Latin causa. Compare Italian cosa, Portuguese coisa, Spanish cosa among many others. Compare cause, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoz/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /ʃoʊ̯z/
• Rhymes: -oz

Noun

chose f (plural choses)

1. thing

   Synonym: truc

Derived terms

Descendants

• → German: Chose

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• échos

Middle English

Noun

chose

1. Alternative form of chois

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chose, cose.

Noun

chose f (plural choses)

1. thing

Descendants

• French: chose

Norman

Alternative forms

• (Saint Ouen) chôthe

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

chose m or f

1. (Jersey) self-conscious

Old French

Alternative forms

• cosa (very early Old French)
• cose (chiefly Old Northern French)

Etymology

From earlier cose, cosa, inherited from Latin causa. Compare cause.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃo.zə/

Noun

chose oblique singular, f (oblique plural choses, nominative singular chose, nominative plural choses)

1. thing (miscellaneous object or concept)

Descendants

• Middle French: chose
  • French: chose
• Walloon: tchôze