Choose in Different Languages
Discover 'Choose' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Choose
Afrikaans kies | ||
Albanian zgjedh | ||
Amharic ምረጥ | ||
Arabic أختر | ||
Armenian ընտրել | ||
Assamese বাছনি কৰক | ||
Aymara ajlliña | ||
Azerbaijani seçin | ||
Bambara sugandi | ||
Basque aukeratu | ||
Belarusian выбраць | ||
Bengali পছন্দ করা | ||
Bhojpuri चुनीं | ||
Bosnian izaberi | ||
Bulgarian избирам | ||
Catalan tria | ||
Cebuano pilia | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 选择 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 選擇 | ||
Corsican sceglite | ||
Croatian izabrati | ||
Czech vybrat | ||
Danish vælge | ||
Dhivehi އިޚްތިޔާރު | ||
Dogri चुनो | ||
Dutch kiezen | ||
English choose | ||
Esperanto elekti | ||
Estonian valida | ||
Ewe tia | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pumili | ||
Finnish valita | ||
French choisir | ||
Frisian kieze | ||
Galician escoller | ||
Georgian აირჩიე | ||
German wählen | ||
Greek επιλέγω | ||
Guarani poravo | ||
Gujarati પસંદ કરો | ||
Haitian Creole chwazi | ||
Hausa zabi | ||
Hawaiian koho | ||
Hebrew בחר | ||
Hindi चुनें | ||
Hmong xaiv | ||
Hungarian választ | ||
Icelandic velja | ||
Igbo họrọ | ||
Ilocano agpili | ||
Indonesian memilih | ||
Irish roghnaigh | ||
Italian scegliere | ||
Japanese 選択 | ||
Javanese milih | ||
Kannada ಆಯ್ಕೆಮಾಡಿ | ||
Kazakh таңдау | ||
Khmer ជ្រើសរើស | ||
Kinyarwanda hitamo | ||
Konkani वेंचचें | ||
Korean 고르다 | ||
Krio pik | ||
Kurdish helbijartin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەڵبژاردن | ||
Kyrgyz тандоо | ||
Lao ເລືອກ | ||
Latin eligere | ||
Latvian izvēlēties | ||
Lingala kopona | ||
Lithuanian pasirinkti | ||
Luganda okulonda | ||
Luxembourgish wielt | ||
Macedonian изберете | ||
Maithili चुनू | ||
Malagasy mifidy | ||
Malay pilih | ||
Malayalam തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക | ||
Maltese agħżel | ||
Maori kōwhiri | ||
Marathi निवडा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯂꯂꯨ | ||
Mizo thlang | ||
Mongolian сонгох | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရွေးချယ်ပါ | ||
Nepali छनौट गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian velge | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sankhani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାଛନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo filachuu | ||
Pashto غوره | ||
Persian انتخاب کنید | ||
Polish wybierać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) escolher | ||
Punjabi ਚੁਣੋ | ||
Quechua akllay | ||
Romanian alege | ||
Russian выбирать | ||
Samoan filifili | ||
Sanskrit चिनोतु | ||
Scots Gaelic tagh | ||
Sepedi kgetha | ||
Serbian изабрати | ||
Sesotho khetha | ||
Shona sarudza | ||
Sindhi چونڊيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තෝරා | ||
Slovak vybrať | ||
Slovenian izberite | ||
Somali dooro | ||
Spanish escoger | ||
Sundanese milih | ||
Swahili chagua | ||
Swedish välja | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pumili ka | ||
Tajik интихоб кунед | ||
Tamil தேர்வு செய்யவும் | ||
Tatar сайлау | ||
Telugu ఎంచుకోండి | ||
Thai เลือก | ||
Tigrinya ምረፅ | ||
Tsonga hlawula | ||
Turkish seç | ||
Turkmen saýlaň | ||
Twi (Akan) yi | ||
Ukrainian вибрати | ||
Urdu منتخب کریں | ||
Uyghur تاللاڭ | ||
Uzbek tanlang | ||
Vietnamese chọn | ||
Welsh dewis | ||
Xhosa khetha | ||
Yiddish קלייַבן | ||
Yoruba yan | ||
Zulu khetha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "kies" comes from the Dutch word "kiezen", which means "to pick" or "to select". |
| Albanian | "Zgjedh" (choose) in Albanian originates from the Proto-Indo-European root "ǵʰeiǵʰ", meaning "to cut" or "to harvest", hence the notion of selecting or choosing. |
| Amharic | "ምረጥ" can also mean "distinguish" or "prefer." |
| Arabic | “أختر” (“choose”) is a verb derived from the three-letter root meaning “to prefer.” |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ընտրել" also means "to pick", "to select" or "to choose". |
| Azerbaijani | "Seçin" (choose) is a Turkic word meaning to separate or select. In Azerbaijani, it has also acquired the meaning of choosing the best option. |
| Basque | The word "aukeratu" in Basque also means "to get" or "to find". |
| Belarusian | Belarusian "выбраць" comes from Proto-Slavic "obrьzati", referring to haircutting and then to picking from others. |
| Bengali | The word “পছন্দ করা” originally meant “to have a preference for” rather than “to select”. |
| Bosnian | ‘Izaberi’ (choose) traces its roots to Old Church Slavonic ‘izbrati’ meaning ‘to prefer, to take out’. |
| Bulgarian | The root of the word "избирам" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *obirati, meaning "to take" or "to gather", and is related to the words "оберка" ("a selection"), "отбор" ("a squad") and "борьба" ("a fight"). |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "tria" originates from the Latin word "triare," meaning to sift or to select. |
| Cebuano | "Pilia" can also refer to a type of grass or a game where a player hides and others try to find them. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 选择 originally meant "to cut off" in the oracle bone script, hence its current meaning. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 選擇 is also used in Chinese (Traditional) contexts to refer to natural selection. |
| Corsican | The word "sceglite" in Corsican comes from the Latin word "eligere", meaning "to choose". It can also mean "to select" or "to pick out". |
| Croatian | The word "izabrati" in Croatian is derived from the Old Slavic word "*izbrati", which also means "to elect" or "to select". |
| Czech | Vybrat, meaning "to choose" in Czech language, has cognates in other related Slavic languages such as Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian but they are not interchangeable with the Czech Vybrat in all circumstances. |
| Danish | The Danish word "vælge" is cognate with the English "will" and the German "wählen," and can also mean "to select" or "to prefer." |
| Dutch | The word "Kiezen" has a cognates in many Germanic languages such as 'Kies' in German, 'Käse' in Swedish and 'Cheese' in English, all related to the concept of selection. |
| Esperanto | "Elekti" comes from Polish "elekcya", which means "election", and can be used in this sense in Esperanto, but is more often used to refer to personal choice. |
| Estonian | The word "valida" in Estonian can also mean "to elect" or "to prefer". |
| Finnish | The word "valita" is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "walijan", meaning "to elect", and also related to the English word "will". |
| French | The French word 'choisir' derives from the Latin verb 'seligere', meaning 'to select' or 'to gather'. |
| Frisian | Frisian “kieze” means “to argue” or “to quarrel” in the dialect of East-Frisian Saterland. |
| Galician | The Galician word "escoller" also means "disciple" or "student". |
| Georgian | The verb 'აირჩიე' may also mean 'to select', 'to pick out', or 'to decide upon'. |
| German | The German word "wählen" originally meant "to gather", "to collect", or "to select." |
| Greek | The word "επιλέγω" can also mean "select", "pick", or "choose out" in English. |
| Gujarati | This word derives from the Sanskrit word 'pasanda', meaning 'desired'. It can also mean 'to select' or 'to prefer'. |
| Haitian Creole | Chwazi derives from the French word 'choisir' (to choose), and is the only Haitian Creole verb derived from a French infinitive. |
| Hausa | The word "zabi" in Hausa can also refer to an animal that has been slaughtered and prepared for food. |
| Hawaiian | The word "koho" also refers to "a candidate standing for election". |
| Hebrew | The word "בחר" can also refer to the act of separating or selecting.} |
| Hindi | The word "चुनें" can also mean "to pick" or "to select" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "xaiv" also means "to buy" and "to sell". |
| Hungarian | The word 'választ' is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wel-, meaning 'to turn, choose, or elect'. |
| Icelandic | The verb 'velja' is descended from the same Proto-Indo-European root as 'will' and is thus also related to 'select' and 'election'. |
| Igbo | The Igbo verb "họrọ" is a cognate of the Yoruba verb "dì" and the Ewe verb "gbɔŋlɔŋ," all meaning "to choose." |
| Indonesian | Memilih derives from "pilih" meaning "separate" or "pick (out)", cognate with Malay "pilih" and Proto-Austronesian "*pi(R)iq". |
| Irish | The Irish word "roghnaigh" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*reǵ-nóh₂-ti" and is cognate with words like "reign", "regent", and "royal" in English and other languages. |
| Italian | In Italian, "scegliere" can also refer to "selecting" or "extracting" something from a larger group or collection. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the word "選択" (sentaku) can also mean "election" when used in the context of voting. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "milih" also means "to want" or "to desire". |
| Kannada | The word "ಆಯ್ಕೆಮಾಡಿ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "वृणोति" (vṛṇoti), which means "to select" or "to choose." |
| Kazakh | Таңдау (''choose'') is derived from the Persian word ''tan'' meaning 'body', hence the implication of 'choosing by the body' or 'preference'. |
| Khmer | The word 'ជ្រើសរើស' ('choose') is derived from the root word 'ជ្រើស' ('to select, to choose') and means to make a selection from a number of options, usually after careful consideration. |
| Korean | '고르다' can also be used to describe a process of selection where the criteria or standard is based on a specific characteristic of the subject being chosen. |
| Kurdish | The word "helbijartin" is derived from the Persian word "helbe","selection" and the Persian suffix "-artin","doer". The word "helbijartin" in Kurdish can also mean "to select" or "to pick". |
| Kyrgyz | "Тандоо" - also means "the way" or "the path" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word "ເລືອກ" can also refer to a choice of food or drink, or to the act of selecting something from a group. |
| Latin | The Latin verb 'eligere' originates from 'ex-' (out) and 'legere' (pick), thus implying careful selection. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "izvēlēties" also means "to select" or "to opt for". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word 'pasirinkti' is also used for 'to decide, to make up one's mind', 'to elect', 'to mark with choice', 'to select', 'to option' |
| Luxembourgish | The word "wielt" is derived from the Middle High German word "weln," meaning "to turn," and is related to the English word "will." |
| Macedonian | The word "изберете" derives from Slavic languages |
| Malagasy | The word "mifidy" can also mean "to judge" or "to examine" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "pilih" in Malay is also used to refer to the process of separating or distinguishing between two or more items. |
| Malayalam | It can be split as "turn" and "take", indicating the action of picking up something while changing one's direction. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "agħżel" (choose) is thought to have derived from a Sicilian dialect word meaning "select" or "pick out". |
| Maori | Although kōwhiri now only means "choose," it used to mean "to taste" and "to sniff" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "निवडा" (nivDa) in Marathi originates from the Sanskrit word "निर्वेद" (nirveda), meaning "detachment" or "dispassion". Over time, it came to mean "to select" or "to choose" in Marathi, suggesting that the act of choosing involves a degree of detachment and objectivity. |
| Mongolian | The word "соんごх" ("choose") derives from the Proto-Mongolic term "*soŋqu-'", meaning "thought, intention, or opinion". |
| Norwegian | The word "velge" in Norwegian comes from the Old Norse word "velja", meaning "to select" or "to pick out". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "sankhani" in Nyanja also means "to select" or "to pick out". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "غوره" also means "good" or "beautiful." |
| Persian | انتخاب کنید is also used as a euphemism for "to vote" in Persian, derived from the ancient tradition of selecting leaders using white (good) and black (bad) pebbles. |
| Polish | "Wybierać" is derived from Old Polish "wybirati" which in turn was borrowed from Middle High German "welen" meaning to "turn" or "roll" like a wheel. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In the archaic usage, "escolher" also means to "detach" and "separate" |
| Punjabi | The word "ਚੁਣੋ" can also mean "to select" or "to pick out". |
| Romanian | "Alege" comes from the Latin "eligere" and also means "to elect" in Romanian. |
| Russian | The verb "выбирать" (choose) is derived from the Old Russian root "birati," which also meant "to gather" or "to take." |
| Samoan | The word 'filifili' is derived from Proto-Polynesian '*pili' and is cognate with other Polynesian languages, including Tongan and Māori, where it also means 'to choose'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "tagh" in Scots Gaelic has been suggested to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *teǵʰ- or *dʰegʰ- "to grasp, touch, hold, take". |
| Serbian | "Изабрати" means "to choose" in Serbian. It is derived from the Old Slavic word "izbrati", which also means "to choose". The word "изабрати" is used in both formal and informal contexts, and it can be used to refer to choosing anything from a person to a thing. |
| Sesotho | The word "khetha" in Sesotho has a similar origin to the English word "kit" and can also mean "a set of selected things". |
| Shona | The word "Sarudza" in the Shona language is derived from the root word "Ruzha," which means "to separate" or "to select." |
| Sindhi | The word "چونڊيو" in Sindhi is also used to describe a type of bird, and in some cases, to refer to a particular person or thing that is chosen or preferred. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "තෝරා" (choose) in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit word "तुरीय" (turīya), which also means "fourth". This is because in ancient India, the act of choosing was considered to be the fourth stage of human development, after birth, growth, and reproduction. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word 'vybrať' comes from the Proto-Slavic root *vorti, meaning 'to turn' or 'to twist', and originally meant 'to pick out' or 'to select'. |
| Slovenian | Izberite means to choose in Slovenian and derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eyǵʰ- meaning "to strive for, choose". |
| Somali | The word "dooro" in Somali also means "to be preferred" or "to be elected". |
| Spanish | "Escoger" derives from Old Spanish "escollir," itself originating from Medieval Latin "excolligere" meaning "to collect". |
| Sundanese | "Milih" also means to select or sort out. |
| Swahili | The word "chagua" can also mean "select" or "pick" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | "Välja" also means "to put out (fire) or select (cards)" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Derived from Malay "pilih," meaning "to select" or "to pick," and ultimately from the Proto-Austronesian root word *pilik. |
| Tajik | The word "интихоб кунед" ultimately derives from the Persian verb "kardan" which also means "to do". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'தேர்வு செய்யவும்' derives from the Sanskrit root 'vr,' meaning 'to cover' or 'to protect,' implying 'selection from a broader set'. |
| Telugu | The word "ఎంచుకోండి" is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root *muntu- which means "to gather" or "to select". |
| Thai | "เลือก" is homonymous with the word for "play" in Isan, a dialect of Thai spoken in the northeast of the country. |
| Turkish | In Old Turkish, "Seç" meant both "to choose" and "to take". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian verb "вибрати" (vybraty) is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *bir- meaning "to take," and is related to the words "бирати" (byraty) meaning "to gather" and "брати" (braty) meaning "to take." |
| Uzbek | Etymology: Persian {"talang": "to choose, select"}. Alternate meaning: "an offer"} |
| Vietnamese | The word "chọn" can also refer to the first of the two branches of the Red River in Vietnam, known as the Thao River. |
| Welsh | "Dewis" derives from the Proto-Celtic *dewiso- and has an alternative meaning of "opinion". |
| Xhosa | **Alternate Meanings:** An area of land in rural areas (often associated with farming). |
| Yiddish | The word "קלייַבן" in Yiddish, which means "to choose," is derived from the Middle High German word "klieben," which also means "to choose" but has the additional meaning of "to cleave" or "to split." |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, the word "yan" also means "to pick" or "to select". |
| Zulu | The word "khetha" can also mean "to appoint" or "to select" in Zulu. |
| English | "Choose" comes from the Old English word "ceosan," meaning "to taste" or "to test". As it evolved to other languages, its meaning changed to "to pick out" or "to select." |