"quel que soit" meaning in French

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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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for quel que soit meaning in French (1.8kB)

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    },
    {
      "form": "quelles que soient",
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      "name": "fr-det"
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          "word": "quel qu’ait été"
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          "word": "quel que fût"
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          "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.",
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        },
        {
          "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"
        }
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          "no matter what"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɛl kə swa/"
    }
  ],
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          "english": "No matter what your problem is, we can help you.",
          "roman": "Whatever your problem might be, we can help you.",
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        },
        {
          "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.",
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      "ipa": "/kɛl kə swa/"
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  ],
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