"quê" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈke/ [Brazil], /ˈke/ [Portugal] Forms: quês [plural]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Latin quem (“what”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|la|qui|quem|what}} Latin quem (“what”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} quê m (plural quês)
  1. a characteristic (distinguishable feature of a person or thing) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-quê-pt-noun-7skYHV3K Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese pronouns Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Portuguese pronouns: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈke/ [Brazil], /ˈke/ [Portugal] Forms: quês [plural]
Rhymes: -e Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} quê m (plural quês)
  1. cue (name of the letter Q, q) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-quê-pt-noun-4FuMhyeo Disambiguation of Latin letter names: 35 61 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈke/ [Brazil], /ˈke/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Latin quem (“what”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|la|qui|quem|what}} Latin quem (“what”) Head templates: {{pt-pron}} quê
  1. (interrogative, sentence-final) what (which thing) Tags: interrogative, sentence-final Derived forms: não há de quê, por quê, porquê
    Sense id: en-quê-pt-pron-XhYhNBCr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for quê meaning in Portuguese (3.0kB)

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