"che" meaning in Italian

See che in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ke/
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Latin quod, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|quod}} Latin quod, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*kʷod}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷod Head templates: {{head|it|conjunction}} che
  1. that
    Sense id: en-che-it-conj-jn~AI2r0
  2. than
    Sense id: en-che-it-conj-c4NxHBsF
  3. when
    Sense id: en-che-it-conj-FeqnUkCu
  4. let, may
    Sense id: en-che-it-conj-irGfJI-j Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian determiners, Italian indeclinable determiners Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 3 47 7 6 0 37 Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 0 0 19 72 9 Disambiguation of Italian indeclinable determiners: 0 0 16 62 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Conjunction

Head templates: {{head|it|conjunction}} che
  1. misspelling of ché Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: ché
    Sense id: en-che-it-conj-g~sKD5vr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Determiner

IPA: /ke/
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Latin quod, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|quod}} Latin quod, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*kʷod}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷod Head templates: {{it-det|inv=1}} che (invariable)
  1. some (a remarkable); what (intensifier to begin a sentence) Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-che-it-det-it:determiner
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈke/
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Latin quid (but also usurping some roles of Latin quod), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷís. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|quid}} Latin quid, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*kʷid}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷid Head templates: {{head|it|pronoun}} che
  1. (interrogative) what; which Tags: interrogative Synonyms: cosa, che cosa
    Sense id: en-che-it-pron-s68Ts8wj
  2. (relative) who, whom, which, that Tags: relative Synonyms: il quale, cui
    Sense id: en-che-it-pron-R-kdATrI Categories (other): Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chi, cui, il quale
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Did you understand the man who was speaking?",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin quod, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "inv": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "che (invariable)",
      "name": "it-det"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "che"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "che"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "what a party!",
          "text": "che festa!",
          "translation": "what a party!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "some (a remarkable); what (intensifier to begin a sentence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "it:determiner"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "invariable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ke/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "word": "che"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Italian conjunctions",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Pages with 26 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "che",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ché"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian misspellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "misspelling of ché"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ché",
          "ché#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "che"
}

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