choosy

English

Alternative forms

• choosey

Etymology

From choose +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːzi

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

choosy (comparative choosier, superlative choosiest)

1. Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.

Synonyms

• discriminating, fussy, particular, picky, selective
• See also Thesaurus:fastidious

Derived terms

• choosily
• choosiness

 

Translations

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 (pt)
• Russian: привере́дливый (ru) (priverédlivyj), разборчивый (ru) (razborčivyj), избира́тельный (ru) (izbirátelʹnyj)
• Sicilian: sticchiusu m
• Spanish: difícil de complacer, exigente (es), selectivo
• Tausug: mapī'