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Pronunciation / Transliteration: option
"Vous avez plusieurs options."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
A thing that is or may be chosen.
"Leaving the job early is not an option."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late 16th century: from Latin optio(n-), from optare 'choose'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Option" is said worldwide
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option
Transliteration: option
"Vous avez plusieurs options."
Option
Transliteration: Option
"Das ist eine gute Option."
opzione
Transliteration: opzione
"Questa è l'unica opzione."
opción
Transliteration: opción
"No tenemos otra opción."
opção
Transliteration: opção
"Esta é uma ótima opção."
विकल्प
Transliteration: vikalp
"हमारे पास एक और विकल्प है।"
选择
Transliteration: xuǎnzé
"这是你的最佳选择。"
옵션
Transliteration: opsyeon
"이것은 좋은 옵션입니다."
選択肢
Transliteration: sentakushi
"別の選択肢を考えましょう。"
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