"quel que soit" meaning in French

See quel que soit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /kɛl kə swa/ Forms: quelle que soit [feminine], quels que soient [masculine, plural], quelles que soient [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-det|m|f=quelle que soit|fp=quelles que soient|mp=quels que soient}} quel que soit m (feminine quelle que soit, masculine plural quels que soient, feminine plural quelles que soient)
  1. whatever, regardless of what, no matter what ... is/may/might be Tags: masculine Coordinate_terms: quel qu’ait été [perfect, present, subjunctive], quel que fût (english: past simple subjunctive), quel qu’eût été [past, perfect, subjunctive]
    Sense id: en-quel_que_soit-fr-det-QluNbQ7M Categories (other): French determiners, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quelle que soit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quels que soient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quelles que soient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "quelle que soit",
        "fp": "quelles que soient",
        "mp": "quels que soient"
      },
      "expansion": "quel que soit m (feminine quelle que soit, masculine plural quels que soient, feminine plural quelles que soient)",
      "name": "fr-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "perfect",
            "present",
            "subjunctive"
          ],
          "word": "quel qu’ait été"
        },
        {
          "english": "past simple subjunctive",
          "word": "quel que fût"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "past",
            "perfect",
            "subjunctive"
          ],
          "word": "quel qu’eût été"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No matter what your problem is, we can help you.",
          "roman": "Whatever your problem might be, we can help you.",
          "text": "Quel que soit votre problème, nous pouvons vous aider.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Among human beings, regardless of the subject's ethnic origins, the colour of albinos' skin is waxy white or pale pink.",
          "text": "Chez l’être humain, quelle que soit l’origine ethnique du sujet, le teint de la peau de l’albinos est blanc cireux ou légèrement rosé.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whatever, regardless of what, no matter what ... is/may/might be"
      ],
      "id": "en-quel_que_soit-fr-det-QluNbQ7M",
      "links": [
        [
          "whatever",
          "whatever"
        ],
        [
          "regardless of",
          "regardless of"
        ],
        [
          "no matter what",
          "no matter what"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛl kə swa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quel que soit"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ],
      "word": "quel qu’ait été"
    },
    {
      "english": "past simple subjunctive",
      "word": "quel que fût"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "perfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ],
      "word": "quel qu’eût été"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quelle que soit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quels que soient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quelles que soient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "quelle que soit",
        "fp": "quelles que soient",
        "mp": "quels que soient"
      },
      "expansion": "quel que soit m (feminine quelle que soit, masculine plural quels que soient, feminine plural quelles que soient)",
      "name": "fr-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French determiners",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French multiword terms",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No matter what your problem is, we can help you.",
          "roman": "Whatever your problem might be, we can help you.",
          "text": "Quel que soit votre problème, nous pouvons vous aider.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Among human beings, regardless of the subject's ethnic origins, the colour of albinos' skin is waxy white or pale pink.",
          "text": "Chez l’être humain, quelle que soit l’origine ethnique du sujet, le teint de la peau de l’albinos est blanc cireux ou légèrement rosé.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whatever, regardless of what, no matter what ... is/may/might be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whatever",
          "whatever"
        ],
        [
          "regardless of",
          "regardless of"
        ],
        [
          "no matter what",
          "no matter what"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛl kə swa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quel que soit"
}

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