"quelque" meaning in French

See quelque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /kɛlk/, /kɛl.kə/, /kɛk/ Audio: Fr-quelque.ogg Forms: quelques [plural]
Etymology: From quel + que. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|quel|que}} quel + que Head templates: {{fr-det|mf|p=quelques}} quelque m or f (plural quelques)
  1. some (singular) Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: et quelque, quelque chose, quelque part, quelque peu, quelquefois, quelqu’un

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for quelque meaning in French (1.7kB)

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