"quel" meaning in French

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Determiner

IPA: /kɛl/ Audio: Fr-quel.ogg Forms: quelle [feminine], quels [masculine, plural], quelles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|quel|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French quel, {{inh+|fr|frm|quel}} Inherited from Middle French quel, {{inh|fr|fro|quel}} Old French quel, {{inh|fr|la|quālis}} Latin quālis Head templates: {{fr-det|m|f=quelle|fp=quelles|mp=quels}} quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)
  1. which Tags: masculine Synonyms (which): équel [Cajun-French, Louisiana]
    Sense id: en-quel-fr-det-d7wGxV0p Disambiguation of 'which': 100 0
  2. what, what a (used to form exclamations) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-quel-fr-det-37quHytd Categories (other): French determiners, French entries with incorrect language header, French interrogative pronouns, French pronouns Disambiguation of French determiners: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of French interrogative pronouns: 0 73 27 Disambiguation of French pronouns: 0 62 38

Pronoun

IPA: /kɛl/ Audio: Fr-quel.ogg Forms: quelle [feminine], quels [masculine, plural], quelles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|quel|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French quel, {{inh+|fr|frm|quel}} Inherited from Middle French quel, {{inh|fr|fro|quel}} Old French quel, {{inh|fr|la|quālis}} Latin quālis Head templates: {{fr-pron|m|f=quelle|fp=quelles|mp=quels}} quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)
  1. (interrogative) what Tags: interrogative, masculine Derived forms: lequel, quel que fût, quel que soit, quel qu’ait été, quel qu’eût été, quelque, tel quel Related terms: qui, quoi
    Sense id: en-quel-fr-pron-dJqywNBs

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for quel meaning in French (5.0kB)

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