"quelconque" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /kɛl.kɔ̃k/ Audio: Fr-quelconque.ogg Forms: quelconques [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French quelesquunques, a borrowing of Latin qualiscumque, matched to the Old French quel (“which”) + que (“what”) + onques (“ever”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|quelesquunques|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French quelesquunques, {{inh+|fr|fro|quelesquunques}} Inherited from Old French quelesquunques, {{der|fr|la|qualiscumque}} Latin qualiscumque, {{m|fro|quel||which}} quel (“which”), {{m|fro|que||what}} que (“what”), {{m|fro|onques||ever}} onques (“ever”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} quelconque (plural quelconques)
  1. (derogatory) nondescript, ordinary Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-quelconque-fr-adj-OnIrq3TW

Determiner

IPA: /kɛl.kɔ̃k/ Audio: Fr-quelconque.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French quelesquunques, a borrowing of Latin qualiscumque, matched to the Old French quel (“which”) + que (“what”) + onques (“ever”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|quelesquunques|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French quelesquunques, {{inh+|fr|fro|quelesquunques}} Inherited from Old French quelesquunques, {{der|fr|la|qualiscumque}} Latin qualiscumque, {{m|fro|quel||which}} quel (“which”), {{m|fro|que||what}} que (“what”), {{m|fro|onques||ever}} onques (“ever”) Head templates: {{fr-det}} quelconque
  1. any, any which one Related terms: quiconque, n’importe quel
    Sense id: en-quelconque-fr-det-WzxS-ZEk Categories (other): French determiners, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French determiners: 19 81 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 83

Inflected forms

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