chosen

See also: Chosen, Chōsen, and chōsen

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

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: chōz'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/
- Rhymes: -əʊzən
(General American) enPR: chōz'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊ.zən/
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- Rhymes: -oʊzən

Verb

chosen

past participle of choose

Adjective

chosen (comparative more chosen, superlative most chosen)

picked; selected
elected

Derived terms

chosen-ciphertext attack
chosen instrument
chosen-plaintext attack
the chosen one

Derived terms

chosenhood
chosenness

Translations

picked

Galician: escolleito
German: gewählt (de), ausgewählt (de), ausgesucht (de), erwählt (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐκλεκτός (eklektós)
Latin: ēlectus, optīvus
Serbo-Croatian: izabran (sh), odabran (sh)
Spanish: escogido (es)
Swedish: vald (sv)

elected

Galician: electo
German: gewählt (de), erwählt (de)
Swedish: vald (sv)

Anagrams

Cheons, Schoen, chones, cohens, enochs