"tel quel" meaning in French

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "tal qual"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan tal qual",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Catalan tal qual.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "telle quelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tels quels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "telles quelles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "tellement quellement"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Does this car work as is?",
          "text": "Est-ce que cette voiture-ci fonctionne telle quelle ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In a way, it is about tattooing a design as it is, without any modification from the tattoo artist.",
          "text": "En quelque sorte, il s’agit de tatouer un motif tel quel, sans modification du tatoueur.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This molecule is thermodynamically unstable and exists as such only in a diluted gaseous state.",
          "text": "Cette molécule est instable du point de vue thermodynamique et n’existe telle quelle qu’à l’état gazeux dilué.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "After being dehydrated, dried fruits can be consumed as they are or incorporated into cooking and especially pastry recipes.",
          "text": "Après avoir été déshydratés les fruits secs peuvent se consommer tels quels ou s’incorporer à des recettes de cuisine et spécialement de pâtisserie.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as is, as it is (as they are, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tel_quel-fr-adj-gXW7YZHD",
      "links": [
        [
          "as is",
          "as is"
        ],
        [
          "as it is",
          "as it is"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "en l'état"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛl kɛl/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "tel quel"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tellement quellement"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
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      },
      "expansion": "Catalan tal qual",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Catalan tal qual.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "telle quelle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tels quels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "telles quelles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "fr-adj"
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  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Does this car work as is?",
          "text": "Est-ce que cette voiture-ci fonctionne telle quelle ?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In a way, it is about tattooing a design as it is, without any modification from the tattoo artist.",
          "text": "En quelque sorte, il s’agit de tatouer un motif tel quel, sans modification du tatoueur.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This molecule is thermodynamically unstable and exists as such only in a diluted gaseous state.",
          "text": "Cette molécule est instable du point de vue thermodynamique et n’existe telle quelle qu’à l’état gazeux dilué.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "After being dehydrated, dried fruits can be consumed as they are or incorporated into cooking and especially pastry recipes.",
          "text": "Après avoir été déshydratés les fruits secs peuvent se consommer tels quels ou s’incorporer à des recettes de cuisine et spécialement de pâtisserie.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as is, as it is (as they are, etc.)"
      ],
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        [
          "as is",
          "as is"
        ],
        [
          "as it is",
          "as it is"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "en l'état"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/tɛl kɛl/"
    },
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    }
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  "word": "tel quel"
}