choisir
French
Etymology
From Middle French choisir, from Old French choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Frankish *kausijan (“to choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kausijaną, *kauzijaną, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”). Cognate with Franco-Provençal chouêsir (“to choose”), Germanic cognates include Old Frisian kēra (“to elect”). Related also to Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan, “to choose, examine”), Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃwa.ziʁ/
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audio (file) - Hyphenation: choi‧sir
Verb
choisir
- to choose
- Je n'ai pas eu le temps de choisir.
- (obsolete) to perceive, distinguish
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, nourrir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | choisir | avoir choisi | |||||
| gerund | en choisissant | en ayant choisi | |||||
| present participle | choisissant /ʃwa.zi.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | choisi /ʃwa.zi/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | choisis /ʃwa.zi/ |
choisis /ʃwa.zi/ |
choisit /ʃwa.zi/ |
choisissons /ʃwa.zi.sɔ̃/ |
choisissez /ʃwa.zi.se/ |
choisissent /ʃwa.zis/ |
| imperfect | choisissais /ʃwa.zi.sɛ/ |
choisissais /ʃwa.zi.sɛ/ |
choisissait /ʃwa.zi.sɛ/ |
choisissions /ʃwa.zi.sjɔ̃/ |
choisissiez /ʃwa.zi.sje/ |
choisissaient /ʃwa.zi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | choisis /ʃwa.zi/ |
choisis /ʃwa.zi/ |
choisit /ʃwa.zi/ |
choisîmes /ʃwa.zim/ |
choisîtes /ʃwa.zit/ |
choisirent /ʃwa.ziʁ/ | |
| future | choisirai /ʃwa.zi.ʁe/ |
choisiras /ʃwa.zi.ʁa/ |
choisira /ʃwa.zi.ʁa/ |
choisirons /ʃwa.zi.ʁɔ̃/ |
choisirez /ʃwa.zi.ʁe/ |
choisiront /ʃwa.zi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | choisirais /ʃwa.zi.ʁɛ/ |
choisirais /ʃwa.zi.ʁɛ/ |
choisirait /ʃwa.zi.ʁɛ/ |
choisirions /ʃwa.zi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
choisiriez /ʃwa.zi.ʁje/ |
choisiraient /ʃwa.zi.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | choisisse /ʃwa.zis/ |
choisisses /ʃwa.zis/ |
choisisse /ʃwa.zis/ |
choisissions /ʃwa.zi.sjɔ̃/ |
choisissiez /ʃwa.zi.sje/ |
choisissent /ʃwa.zis/ |
| imperfect1 | choisisse /ʃwa.zis/ |
choisisses /ʃwa.zis/ |
choisît /ʃwa.zi/ |
choisissions /ʃwa.zi.sjɔ̃/ |
choisissiez /ʃwa.zi.sje/ |
choisissent /ʃwa.zis/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | choisis /ʃwa.zi/ |
— | choisissons /ʃwa.zi.sɔ̃/ |
choisissez /ʃwa.zi.se/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “choisir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Frankish *kausjan (“to choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną (“to choose, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”).
Verb
choisir
- to choose