chosen

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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/
  • (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

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Schone, enochs, cohens, chones, Cohens, Cheons, Schoen