Alternative forms
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Etymology
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choose + -y
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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choosy (comparative choosier, superlative choosiest)
- Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
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Translations
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taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements
- Bulgarian: взискателен (bg) (vziskatelen), придирчив (bg) (pridirčiv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 挑剔 (zh) (tiāoti), 精挑細選/精挑细选 (zh) (jīngtiāoxìxuǎn), 挑三揀四/挑三拣四 (zh) (tiāosānjiǎnsì)
- Czech: vybíravý m
- Dutch: kieskeurig (nl)
- Esperanto: elektema
- Finnish: ronkeli (fi), nirso (fi), valikoiva (fi)
- French: sélectif (fr), exigeant (fr), difficile (fr), to be choosy: faire la fine bouche (fr)
- Georgian: წუნია (c̣unia), მომთხოვნი (momtxovni), მიზეზიანი (mizeziani), პრეტენზიული (ṗreṭenziuli)
- German: wählerisch (de)
- Greek: εκλεκτικός (el) (eklektikós)
- Ancient: ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós)
- Hebrew: בררן m (barerán), בררנית f (bareranít)
- Hungarian: válogatós (hu), finnyás (hu)
- Macedonian: пребирлив m (prebirliv), избирлив m (izbirliv)
- Malay: pemilih
- Polish: wybredny (pl) m
- Portuguese: exigente (pt), seletivo
- Russian: привере́дливый (ru) (priverédlivyj), разборчивый (ru) (razborčivyj)
- Sicilian: sticchiusu m
- Spanish: difícil de complacer, exigente (es), selectivo
- Tausug: mapii
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