chose

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) enPR: chōz, IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʊz/ (US) enPR: chōz, IPA(key): /t͡ʃoʊz/ Rhymes: -əʊz ==== Verb ==== chose simple past of choose (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of choose simple past of chuse === Etymology 2 === From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause. ==== Noun ==== chose (plural choses) (law) A thing; personal property. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === Choes, HCEOs, So-ch'e, choes, echos, oches == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French chose, 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) 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 alternative form of chois == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French chose, cose. === Noun === chose f (plural choses) thing ==== Descendants ==== French: chose→ German: Chose → English: chose (“property”) === References === chose on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) == Norman == === Alternative forms === (Saint Ouen) chôthe === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Adjective === chose m or f (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) thing (miscellaneous object or concept) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: choseFrench: chose→ German: Chose→ English: chose (“property”) Picard: cose Walloon: tchôze