| q {letter}
|
:: letter
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| q {m}
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:: abbreviation of quintal
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| qanûn {f} [musical instruments]
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:: A type of Turkish zither
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| qat {m}
|
:: khat; qat
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| qatari {adj}
|
:: of or relating to Qatar
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| Qatari {m}
|
:: Qatari (person from Qatar)
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| Qatarie {f}
|
:: feminine noun of Qatari
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| qatarien {adj}
|
:: Qatari (of, from, or pertaining to Qatar, the Qatari people or the Qatari language)
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| Qatarien {m}
|
:: Qatari (person from Qatar or of Qatari descent)
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| Qatarienne {f}
|
:: feminine noun of Qatarien
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| Qatariote {mf}
|
:: Qatari (person from Qatar or of Qatari descent)
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| Qc. {prop}
|
:: alternative form of QC
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| Qc {prop}
|
:: alternative form of QC
|
| QC {prop}
|
:: abbreviation of Québec, a province of Canada
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| QCM {m}
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:: initialism of questionnaire à choix multiples = multiple-choice questionnaire
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| QG {m}
|
:: initialism of quartier général HQ
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| QI {m}
|
:: IQ
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| Qohéleth {prop} {m} [bible]
|
:: Ecclesiastes
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| qouf {m}
|
:: qoph
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| qqch {pron}
|
:: abbreviation of quelque chose
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| qqfois {adv}
|
:: abbreviation of quelquefois
|
| qqn {pron}
|
:: abbreviation of quelqu'un
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| qu' {conj} [before vowel sound]
|
:: apocopic form of que (that, which)
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| qu' {conj} [colloquial, before consonants]
|
:: apocopic form of que (that, which)
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| qu' {pron} [before vowel sound]
|
:: apocopic form of que (what, that, whom; only)
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| qu {m}
|
:: alternative spelling of ku
|
| qu'à {contraction}
|
:: que + à
|
| qu'à cela ne tienne {interj}
|
:: no matter! no big deal! so be it! fair enough! never mind that!
|
| quadra {mf}
|
:: clipping of quadragénaire
|
| quadragénaire {adj}
|
:: Aged between forty and forty-nine
|
| quadragénaire {mf}
|
:: A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine
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| quadragésimal {adj}
|
:: Lenten
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| quadragésime {f}
|
:: Lent, Quadragesima
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| quadrangle {f} [geometry]
|
:: quadrangle
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| quadrangulaire {adj}
|
:: quadrangular
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| quadrangulairement {adv}
|
:: quadrangularly
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| quadrant {m}
|
:: quadrant
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| quadratique {adj} [mathematics]
|
:: quadratic (of a class of polynomial of the form  )
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| quadratiquement {adv}
|
:: quadratically
|
| quadratrice {f} [dated, maths]
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:: quadratrix
|
| quadrature {f}
|
:: quadrature
|
| quadrature du cercle {f} [geometry]
|
:: quadrature of the circle, squaring the circle
|
| quadrette {f}
|
:: A pétanque team of four players
|
| quadri- {prefix}
|
:: quadri-
|
| quadribasique {adj} [chemistry]
|
:: quadribasic
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| quadricarbure {m} [inorganic chemistry]
|
:: tetracarbide
|
| quadriceps {m}
|
:: quadriceps (muscle)
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| quadrichromie {f}
|
:: four-colour printing or print
|
| quadricycle {m}
|
:: quadricycle
|
| quadricyclique {adj}
|
:: tetracyclic
|
| quadridimensionnel {adj}
|
:: four-dimensional
|
| quadridimensionnellement {adv}
|
:: four-dimensionally
|
| quadriennal {adj}
|
:: quadrennial
|
| quadrifide {adj}
|
:: quadrifid
|
| quadrige {f}
|
:: quadriga; chariot
|
| quadrijumeau {adj}
|
:: quadrigeminal
|
| quadrilatéral {adj}
|
:: quadrilateral
|
| quadrilatère {m}
|
:: quadrilateral
|
| quadrilingue {adj}
|
:: quadrilingual
|
| quadrillage {m}
|
:: grid (on paper etc)
|
| quadrillage {m}
|
:: coverage
|
| quadrille {mf} [bullfighting]
|
:: cuadrilla
|
| quadriller {v} [of paper]
|
:: To crosshatch (mark into squares)
|
| quadriller {v}
|
:: to criss-cross
|
| quadrilliard {num}
|
:: 1027, a billion billion billion by the long scale, a short scale octillion
|
| quadrillion {num}
|
:: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion
|
| quadrilobe {m}
|
:: quatrefoil
|
| quadrimestre {m}
|
:: term of four months
|
| quadrimoteur {adj}
|
:: four-engine (attributive) (aircraft etc)
|
| quadrinôme {m} [maths]
|
:: quadrinomial
|
| quadripartite {adj}
|
:: quadripartite
|
| quadriphonie {f}
|
:: quadraphony
|
| quadriplégie {f}
|
:: quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs)
|
| quadripolaire {adj}
|
:: quadripolar, tetrapolar
|
| quadripôle {m}
|
:: quadripole, two-port network
|
| quadrique {adj} [maths]
|
:: quadric
|
| quadrique {f} [maths]
|
:: quadric
|
| quadriréacteur {adj}
|
:: four-engine (attributive)
|
| quadriréacteur {m}
|
:: A four-engine aircraft
|
| quadrirème {f}
|
:: quadrireme (galley with four banks of oars)
|
| quadrisulfure {m}
|
:: tetrasulfide / tetrasulphide
|
| quadrisyllabe {m}
|
:: quadrisyllable, tetrameter
|
| quadrisyllabique {adj}
|
:: quadrisyllabic, tetrametric
|
| quadritube {adj}
|
:: four-barrelled, quadruple-barrelled
|
| quadrivalent {adj}
|
:: quadrivalent (all senses)
|
| quadroxyde {m}
|
:: synonym of tétraoxyde
|
| quadrumane {m} [zoology]
|
:: quadrumane
|
| quadrumane {adj} [zoology]
|
:: quadrumanous, quadrumane
|
| quadrupède {m}
|
:: quadruped (a four-footed animal)
|
| quadrupède {adj}
|
:: quadrupedal
|
| quadrupédie {f}
|
:: quadrupedy
|
| quadruple {adj}
|
:: quadruple
|
| quadruple {adj} [music]
|
:: sixty-fourth note
|
| quadruple {m}
|
:: Something that is equal to four times something else
|
| quadruple {m} [Scrabble]
|
:: A move whose score is multiplied by four
|
| quadruple {m} [Scrabble]
|
:: The area on the board where such a move is possible
|
| quadruplé {m}
|
:: quadruplet
|
| quadruple croche {f} [music]
|
:: sixty-fourth note
|
| quadruplement {adv}
|
:: quadruply
|
| quadrupler {v}
|
:: to quadruple, to multiply by four
|
| quadruplet {m}
|
:: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
|
| quadrupolaire {adj}
|
:: quadrupolar
|
| quadrupôle {m}
|
:: quadripole, two-port network
|
| quæsteur {m}
|
:: obsolete form of questeur
|
| quæstion {f}
|
:: obsolete form of question
|
| quai {m}
|
:: quay, wharf
|
| quai {m}
|
:: platform (of a station)
|
| Quai d'Orsay {prop} {m}
|
:: (the location of) the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
|
| quaker {m}
|
:: Quaker (member of the Quaker faith)
|
| quakeresse {f}
|
:: Quakeress
|
| qualifiable {adj}
|
:: qualifiable
|
| qualificatif {adj}
|
:: qualifying
|
| qualificatif {m} [grammar]
|
:: qualifier
|
| qualification {f}
|
:: qualification (all senses)
|
| qualifier {v}
|
:: to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)
|
| qualitatif {adj}
|
:: qualitative
|
| qualitativement {adv}
|
:: qualitatively
|
| qualité {f}
|
:: quality
|
| qualité de vie {f}
|
:: quality of life
|
| quand {conj}
|
:: when
|
| quand {adv}
|
:: when
|
| quand bien même {conj}
|
:: even if
|
| quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent {proverb} [idiomatic]
|
:: when the cat's away the mice will play
|
| quand les poules auront des dents {adv} [idiomatic, sarcastic, figurative, adynaton, hyperbole]
|
:: when Hell freezes over; when pigs fly (never)
|
| quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire {proverb}
|
:: in for a penny, in for a pound
|
| quand même {adv}
|
:: anyway, anyhow, just the same, all the same
|
| quand même {adv} [colloquial, serves as an intensifier]
|
:: really, extremely
|
| quand on parle du loup {phrase} [idiom, by ellipsis]
|
:: when you speak of someone they will appear; speak of the devil
|
| quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue {phrase}
|
:: alternative form of quand on parle du loup
|
| quand on veut, on peut {proverb}
|
:: Where there's a will, there's a way.
|
| quant {adv}
|
:: only used in quant à
|
| quant à {prep}
|
:: as for
|
| quant à {prep}
|
:: according to
|
| quanteur {m}
|
:: quantifier
|
| quantième {pron} [interrogative, literary]
|
:: which day of the month
|
| quantième {adj} [interrogative, archaic]
|
:: which number of (the month)
|
| quantificateur {m}
|
:: Quantifier
|
| quantificateur existentiel {m}
|
:: existential quantifier
|
| quantificateur universel {m}
|
:: universal quantifier
|
| quantification {f}
|
:: quantification
|
| quantifié {adj}
|
:: quantified
|
| quantifier {v}
|
:: to quantify
|
| quantifieur {m}
|
:: alternative form of quanteur
|
| quantique {adj}
|
:: quantum
|
| quantitatif {adj}
|
:: quantitative
|
| quantitativement {adv}
|
:: quantitatively
|
| quantité {f}
|
:: quantity
|
| quantité négligeable {f}
|
:: something or someone that is deemed negligible, i.e. so insignificant that it or they can be ignored
|
| quantum {m} [physics]
|
:: quantum
|
| quarantaine {f}
|
:: A number or group of or about forty
|
| quarantaine {f}
|
:: One's forties (period of life between ages 40 and 49): une femme dans la quarantaine
|
| quarantaine {f} [medicine]
|
:: quarantine (isolation to prevent contamination)
|
| quarante {num}
|
:: forty
|
| Quarante {prop} {f}
|
:: Quarante (commune)
|
| quarante-cinq {m}
|
:: forty-five
|
| quarante-deux {m}
|
:: forty-two
|
| quarante-deuxième {mf}
|
:: forty-second
|
| quarante-et-un {m}
|
:: forty-one
|
| quarante-et-unième {mf}
|
:: forty-first
|
| quarante-huit {num}
|
:: forty-eight
|
| quarante-huitard {m} [colloquial]
|
:: Revolutions of 1848 revolutionary
|
| quarante-huitième {mf}
|
:: forty-eighth
|
| quarantenaire {adj}
|
:: fortieth (birthday, anniversary)
|
| quarantenaire {adj}
|
:: forty-year-old (attributive)
|
| quarantenaire {mf}
|
:: forty-year-old
|
| quarantenaire {mf}
|
:: A person aged between 40 and 49
|
| quarante-neuf {m}
|
:: forty-nine
|
| quarante-neuvième {mf}
|
:: forty-ninth
|
| quarante-quatre {m}
|
:: forty-four
|
| quarante-quatrième {mf}
|
:: forty-fourth
|
| quarante-sept {m}
|
:: forty-seven
|
| quarante-six {m}
|
:: forty-six
|
| quarante-trois {m}
|
:: forty-three
|
| quarante-troisième {mf}
|
:: forty-third
|
| quarantième {adj}
|
:: fortieth
|
| quarantième {mf}
|
:: fortieth
|
| quark {m} [particle]
|
:: quark
|
| quarkonique {adj}
|
:: quarkonic
|
| quarrable {adj} [maths]
|
:: quadrable
|
| quarré {m}
|
:: obsolete spelling of carré
|
| quarré {adj}
|
:: obsolete spelling of carré
|
| quart {adj} [dated]
|
:: fourth
|
| quart {m}
|
:: quarter (fraction)
|
| quart {m} [Québec]
|
:: shift (period of work)
|
| quart de finale {m}
|
:: quarterfinal (round of eight)
|
| quart d'heure {m}
|
:: a quarter of an hour, a quarter
|
| quarte {f} [music]
|
:: fourth (music interval)
|
| quarte {f} [fencing]
|
:: quarte
|
| quarté {m}
|
:: A bet on the first four horses in a race
|
| quarter {m}
|
:: quarter (old measure of corn)
|
| quarterback {m}
|
:: quarterback
|
| quarteron {m}
|
:: quadroon
|
| quarteron {m}
|
:: quarter of a pound
|
| quarteronne {f}
|
:: feminine noun of quarteron
|
| quartet {m}
|
:: quartet
|
| quartette {m}
|
:: quartet (music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument)
|
| quartette {m}
|
:: quartet (the set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts)
|
| quartidi {m} [historical]
|
:: The fourth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar
|
| quartier {m}
|
:: quarter, district (part of town), neighbourhood
|
| quartier {m}
|
:: (France) Impoverished neighbourhood
|
| quartier {m}
|
:: piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (of beef)
|
| quartier {m} [astronomy]
|
:: quarter
|
| quartier {m} [dated]
|
:: quarter, mercy
|
| quartier chaud {m}
|
:: red-light district
|
| quartier général {m}
|
:: headquarters
|
| quartier-maître {m} [military, nautical]
|
:: quartermaster
|
| quartique {f} [maths]
|
:: quartic
|
| quart-monde {m}
|
:: Fourth World
|
| quartz {m}
|
:: quartz
|
| quartzite {m}
|
:: quartzite
|
| quasar {m}
|
:: quasar
|
| quasi- {prefix}
|
:: quasi-
|
| quasi {adv}
|
:: almost, nearly
|
| quasiment {adv}
|
:: practically, almost
|
| quasi-particule {f} [physics]
|
:: quasiparticle
|
| quasiparticule {f}
|
:: alternative form of quasi-particule
|
| quasi-totalité {f}
|
:: near-totality
|
| quaternaire {adj}
|
:: quaternary
|
| quaterné {adj} [botany]
|
:: tetramerous
|
| quatorzain {m}
|
:: quatorzain
|
| quatorze {num}
|
:: fourteen
|
| quatorzième {adj}
|
:: fourteenth
|
| quatorzième {mf}
|
:: fourteenth
|
| quatorzièmement {adv}
|
:: fourteenthly
|
| quatrain {m}
|
:: quatrain (stanza of four lines)
|
| quatre {num}
|
:: four
|
| quatre cents {m}
|
:: four hundred
|
| quatre dragons du Pacifique {mp}
|
:: Four Asian Tigers (Singapore, Hong-Kong, Taiwan and South Korea)
|
| quatre-épices {m}
|
:: allspice (spice)
|
| quatre-épices {m}
|
:: a kind of spice mix
|
| quatrefeuilles {m}
|
:: quatrefoil
|
| quatre-quarts {m}
|
:: pound cake (dense yellow sponge)
|
| quatre-vingt {m}
|
:: Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers)
|
| quatrevingt {adj}
|
:: alternative form of quatre-vingt
|
| quatre-vingt-cinq {num}
|
:: eighty-five
|
| quatre-vingt-deux {num}
|
:: eighty-two
|
| quatre-vingt-dix {num}
|
:: ninety
|
| quatre-vingt-dix-huit {num}
|
:: ninety-eight
|
| quatre-vingt-dixième {adj}
|
:: ninetieth
|
| quatre-vingt-dixième {mf}
|
:: ninetieth
|
| quatre-vingt-dix-neuf {m}
|
:: ninety-nine (cardinal number 99)
|
| quatre-vingt-dix-sept {num}
|
:: ninety-seven
|
| quatre-vingt-douze {num}
|
:: ninety-two
|
| quatre-vingt-huit {num}
|
:: eighty-eight
|
| quatre-vingtième {adj} [France, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg]
|
:: eightieth
|
| quatre-vingtième {mf} [France, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg]
|
:: eightieth
|
| quatre-vingt-neuf {num}
|
:: eighty-nine
|
| quatre-vingt-onze {num}
|
:: ninety-one
|
| quatre-vingt-quatorze {num}
|
:: ninety-four
|
| quatre-vingt-quatre {num}
|
:: eighty-four
|
| quatre-vingt-quinze {num}
|
:: ninety-five
|
| quatre-vingts {m}
|
:: eighty, 80
|
| quatre-vingt-seize {num}
|
:: ninety-six
|
| quatre-vingt-sept {num}
|
:: eighty-seven
|
| quatre-vingt-six {num}
|
:: eighty-six
|
| quatre-vingt-treize {num}
|
:: ninety-three
|
| quatre-vingt-trois {num}
|
:: eighty-three
|
| quatre-vingt-un {num}
|
:: eighty-one
|
| quatre volontés {fp} [colloquial]
|
:: everything someone wants, someone's every wish
|
| quatrième {adj}
|
:: fourth
|
| quatrième {mf}
|
:: fourth
|
| quatrième de couverture {f}
|
:: back cover, blurb
|
| Quatrième Guerre mondiale {prop} {f}
|
:: World War IV
|
| quatrièmement {adv}
|
:: fourthly
|
| quatriesme {adj}
|
:: obsolete spelling of quatrième
|
| quatrillion {m}
|
:: alternative form of quadrillion
|
| quattorze {num}
|
:: obsolete spelling of quatorze
|
| quatuor {m} [music]
|
:: quartet (composition)
|
| quatuor {m} [music]
|
:: quartet (group of musicians)
|
| quatuor {m} [sexuality]
|
:: foursome
|
| qu'au {contraction}
|
:: que + au
|
| que {conj}
|
:: that (introduces a noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
|
| que {conj} [used with ne]
|
:: only (ne ... que parses roughly as "(do[es]) not / nothing ... other than")
|
| que {conj}
|
:: Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction
|
| que {conj}
|
:: when, no sooner
|
| que {conj}
|
:: Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate
|
| que {conj}
|
:: than (introduces a comparison)
|
| que {pron} [slightly formal, accusative]
|
:: The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun
|
| que {pron} [slightly formal, nominative]
|
:: The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun
|
| que {pron} [accusative, relative]
|
:: The direct object relative pronoun
|
| qué {adj} [Provence]
|
:: which
|
| qué {conj} [nonstandard]
|
:: alternative form of que (representing the Hispanic pronunciation)
|
| qué {interj} [Provence, Switzerland]
|
:: Isn’t it? Is it not?
|
| qué {interj} [Provence]
|
:: What?
|
| Québec {prop} {m}
|
:: Québec (province)
|
| Québec {prop} {m}
|
:: Québec (capital city)
|
| québécisme {m}
|
:: Quebecism
|
| québecois {adj}
|
:: alternative form of québécois
|
| québécois {adj}
|
:: Of or pertaining to Quebec
|
| québécois {adj}
|
:: Of or pertaining to the French Canadian ethnic and linguistic group comprising the majority of the Quebec population
|
| Québécois {m}
|
:: Quebecer; Québécois person
|
| Québécoise {f}
|
:: feminine noun of Québécois
|
| québécol {m} [organic compound]
|
:: quebecol
|
| quechua {m}
|
:: the Quechua language
|
| que dalle {pron} [slang]
|
:: sod all, naff all, nothing
|
| que de {adv}
|
:: how (modifier)
|
| que du contraire {interj}
|
:: far from it, quite the contrary, on the contrary
|
| que faites-vous dans la vie {phrase}
|
:: what do you do? (what is your job?)
|
| quéfrence {f}
|
:: quefrency
|
| queireret {m}
|
:: lavender
|
| que je sache {adv} [colloquial]
|
:: to the best of my knowledge, as far as I know
|
| quel {adj}
|
:: which
|
| quel {adj}
|
:: (exclamative) what
|
| quel {pron} [interrogative]
|
:: what
|
| quel âge as-tu {phrase}
|
:: how old are you?
|
| quelconque {adj}
|
:: any, any which one
|
| quel dommage {interj}
|
:: what a shame! what a pity! too bad!
|
| qu'elle {contraction}
|
:: que + elle
|
| quelle heure est-il {phrase}
|
:: what time is it?
|
| quelle horreur {interj}
|
:: that's terrible, how horrible, isn't that awful
|
| quellement {adv}
|
:: In such or suchlike a manner
|
| qu'elles {contraction}
|
:: que + elles
|
| quelle surprise {phrase}
|
:: What a surprise. "Quelle surprise."
|
| quel qu'ait été {phrase}
|
:: whatever, regardless of what, no matter what ... has been/may/might have been
|
| quelque {pron}
|
:: some (singular)
|
| quelque chose {pron}
|
:: something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
|
| quelquefois {adv}
|
:: sometimes
|
| quel que fût {phrase}
|
:: whatever, regardless of what, no matter what ... was/were
|
| quelque part {adv}
|
:: somewhere
|
| quelque part {adv} [colloquial]
|
:: in a way, in a sense
|
| quelque peu {adv} [rather formal]
|
:: somewhat
|
| quel que soit {phrase}
|
:: whatever, regardless of what, no matter what ... is/may/might be
|
| quelques-uns {pron}
|
:: some, a few
|
| quel qu'eût été {phrase}
|
:: whatever, regardless of what, no matter what ... had been
|
| quelqu'un {pron}
|
:: someone, somebody, anyone, anybody
|
| quel temps fait-il {phrase}
|
:: how's the weather?
|
| quémander {v}
|
:: to beg (for), to cadge
|
| quémandeur {m}
|
:: beggar
|
| quémandeur {m}
|
:: supplicant
|
| quémandeuse {f}
|
:: feminine singular of quémandeur
|
| qu'en-dira-t-on {m}
|
:: gossip
|
| Queneau {prop}
|
:: surname
|
| Queneau {prop}
|
:: Raymond Queneau, French writer
|
| quenelle {f} [culinary]
|
:: dumpling, quenelle
|
| quenelle {f} [slang]
|
:: penis
|
| quenelle {f} [slang]
|
:: quenelle (gesture)
|
| quenotte {f} [colloquial]
|
:: tooth, toothy-peg
|
| quenottier {m} [rare]
|
:: tooth-drawer
|
| quenouille {f}
|
:: distaff
|
| quenouille {f}
|
:: cattail
|
| Quentin {prop}
|
:: given name of Latin origin; recently popular
|
| quenya {m}
|
:: Quenya
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| quéquette {f} [childish]
|
:: penis; willy; tackle
|
| quercétine {f} [organic compound]
|
:: quercetin
|
| querelle {f}
|
:: quarrel, argument
|
| quereller {v}
|
:: to quarrel, to squabble
|
| querelleur {adj}
|
:: quarrelsome
|
| quérir {v} [literary or archaic]
|
:: to seek; used especially after certain verbs
|
| quérir {v} [archaic]
|
:: to want
|
| quèsement {adv} [colloquial, Quebec]
|
:: almost
|
| qu'est-ce que {pron}
|
:: what (used as an interrogative for a direct object)
|
| qu'est-ce que {pron}
|
:: what is (used as an interrogative for a definition)
|
| qu'est-ce que c'est {phrase}
|
:: what is that? what is it? what does that mean?
|
| qu'est-ce que c'est {phrase}
|
:: how you say? what is the word?
|
| qu'est-ce qui {pron}
|
:: what (used as an interrogative)
|
| questeur {m}
|
:: quaestor
|
| question {f}
|
:: a question
|
| question {f}
|
:: a matter or issue; a problem
|
| question fermée {f}
|
:: yes-no question, polar question
|
| questionnable {adj}
|
:: questionable
|
| questionnaire {m}
|
:: questionnaire
|
| questionnement {m}
|
:: questioning
|
| questionner {v}
|
:: to question, interrogate
|
| questionner {v}
|
:: to call into question
|
| questionneur {m}
|
:: questioner
|
| questionneuse {f}
|
:: questioner (female)
|
| question ouverte {f}
|
:: wh-question, open-ended question
|
| question partielle {f}
|
:: wh-question
|
| question piège {f}
|
:: trick question
|
| question rhétorique {f}
|
:: rhetorical question
|
| question-tag {f}
|
:: tag question (question inviting agreement)
|
| question totale {f}
|
:: yes-no question, polar question
|
| quétaine {adj} [Quebec]
|
:: unfashionable; outmoded; dated
|
| quétaine {mf} [Quebec, pejorative]
|
:: someone unrefined or ignorant
|
| quête {f}
|
:: quest, search
|
| quêter {v}
|
:: to search for; to look for
|
| quêter {v}
|
:: to beg (for money)
|
| quêteur {m}
|
:: quester, seeker
|
| quêteuse {f}
|
:: feminine singular of quêteur
|
| quêteux {m} [Quebec]
|
:: beggar
|
| quetsche {f}
|
:: damson (plum)
|
| que tu crois {interj} [colloquial]
|
:: not at all! far from it! you bet! not likely!
|
| queue {f}
|
:: tail
|
| queue {f}
|
:: queue, line
|
| queue {f} [snooker]
|
:: cue
|
| queue {f} [vulgar, slang]
|
:: cock, dick (penis)
|
| queue-de-cheval {f}
|
:: ponytail (hairstyle)
|
| queue-de-cheval {f} [botany]
|
:: horsetail
|
| queue-de-pie {f}
|
:: tailcoat (formal evening jacket)
|
| queue de poisson {f} [figuratively]
|
:: fishtail (swinging of the back of a vehicle from side to side)
|
| queue de poisson {f}
|
:: See: fr queue poisson
|
| queues de cerises {fp} [Belgium, colloquial]
|
:: trifle
|
| queues de cerises {fp} [Belgium, colloquial]
|
:: very little money, peanuts
|
| queutard {m} [vulgar]
|
:: horn dog, womanizer (man fixated on sex)
|
| queuter {v} [snooker, billiards]
|
:: To push (to have the cue ball in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time)
|
| queuter {v} [slang]
|
:: To miss, fail, screw up
|
| queuter {v} [vulgar]
|
:: to have sex
|
| qu'eux {contraction}
|
:: que + eux: than them, than they, or that they
|
| queux {m} [obsolete]
|
:: cook
|
| que veux-tu {interj} [colloquial]
|
:: what can I say
|
| qui {pron} [interrogative]
|
:: who, whom
|
| qui {pron} [relative]
|
:: who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
|
| qui {conj} [Louisiana French, Cajun French]
|
:: if
|
| qui a bu boira {proverb}
|
:: A person who has drunk will drink again
|
| qui a bu boira {proverb} [figuratively]
|
:: Old habits die hard; a leopard cannot change its spots
|
| qui aime bien châtie bien {proverb}
|
:: you've got to be cruel to be kind; spare the rod and spoil the child
|
| qui aime bien, châtie bien {proverb}
|
:: alternative spelling of qui aime bien châtie bien
|
| Quiberon {prop}
|
:: Quiberon
|
| quiberonnais {adj}
|
:: from Quiberon
|
| Quiberonnais {m}
|
:: Someone from Quiberon
|
| quiche {f} [culinary]
|
:: quiche
|
| quiche {f} [colloquial]
|
:: slap; blow, strike
|
| quichenotte {f}
|
:: A type of women's hat resembling a head scarf, popular in certain areas of France
|
| quicher {v} [slang]
|
:: to throw up, to puke, to upchuck
|
| quicher {v} [slang]
|
:: to force something into a space too small for it: to cram, to squeeze
|
| quicher {v} [slang]
|
:: to humiliate
|
| quichottesque {adj}
|
:: quixotic
|
| quichua {m}
|
:: alternative spelling of quechua
|
| quick {m}
|
:: quick waltz
|
| quiconque {pron}
|
:: anyone, whoever
|
| quid {pron} [formal]
|
:: what about
|
| quidam {m}
|
:: Used to designate persons whose name are unknown or not mentioned
|
| quidam {m}
|
:: Person whose identity is not indicated, in a conversation, a writing
|
| quidam {m}
|
:: Individual
|
| quiddité {f}
|
:: quiddity; essence
|
| qui de droit {m} [legal]
|
:: the relevant jurisdiction, the person concerned, the interested party
|
| qui dort dîne {proverb}
|
:: sleep allows one to go without food
|
| quiet {adj} [rare, literary, of a person]
|
:: calm, quiet, peaceful, at ease
|
| quiètement {adv}
|
:: quietly
|
| quiétisme {m}
|
:: quietism
|
| quiétiste {adj}
|
:: quietist
|
| quiétiste {mf}
|
:: quietist
|
| quiétude {f} [literary]
|
:: tranquility
|
| qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravin {proverb} [colloquial]
|
:: pride comes before a fall
|
| qui fait le malin, tombe dans le ravin {phrase}
|
:: alternative spelling of qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravin
|
| quignon {m}
|
:: heel (of bread)
|
| qu'il {contraction}
|
:: contraction of que + il
|
| quillard {m} [nautical]
|
:: keelboat
|
| quille {f}
|
:: skittle
|
| quille {f} [colloquial]
|
:: pin, peg (leg)
|
| quille {f} [military slang]
|
:: demob
|
| quille {f} [juggling]
|
:: club
|
| quille {f} [nautical]
|
:: keel
|
| quillette {f}
|
:: A withy cutting planted so that it takes root
|
| qu'ils {contraction}
|
:: que + ils
|
| qui m'aime me suive {phrase}
|
:: who's with me? love me or leave me!
|
| quimbois {m} [Antilles]
|
:: sorcery, necromancy
|
| Quimper {prop}
|
:: Quimper
|
| quimpérois {adj}
|
:: of or from Quimper
|
| Quimpérois {m}
|
:: someone of or from Quimper
|
| Quimpéroise {f}
|
:: feminine singular of Quimpérois
|
| qu'importe {phrase} [rather formal]
|
:: no matter the ...; the ... doesn't matter
|
| qu'importe {interj} [rather formal]
|
:: whichever you like, it doesn't matter, no matter, whatever
|
| -quin {suffix}
|
:: A suffix forming masculine nouns, originally diminutives, occurring especially in words of Dutch and Flemish origin
|
| quin {interj} [Quebec, colloquial]
|
:: (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens
|
| quinaire {adj}
|
:: quinary
|
| quincaille {f}
|
:: hardware
|
| quincailler {m}
|
:: alternative spelling of quincaillier
|
| quincaillère {f}
|
:: feminine singular of quincailler
|
| quincaillerie {f} [uncountable]
|
:: Hardware: metal implements, taken collectively
|
| quincaillerie {f}
|
:: A hardware store: a store where hardware is sold
|
| quincaillier {m}
|
:: ironmonger, hardware dealer
|
| quincaillière {f}
|
:: feminine singular of quincaillier
|
| quincajou {m}
|
:: obsolete spelling of kinkajou
|
| quinconce {m}
|
:: A quincunx, a group of five items arranged in a square with one in the middle
|
| quinconce {m} [by extension]
|
:: A plantation made at equal distances in a straight row, giving multiple alleys of trees in different directions
|
| quinconce {m} [by extension]
|
:: A place planted in this manner
|
| qui ne dit mot consent {proverb}
|
:: He who says nothing (tacitly) agrees; silence is consent
|
| quiner {v} [slang]
|
:: complain; whine; moan
|
| quiner {v} [slang]
|
:: squeal [of a vehicle's tyres]
|
| qui ne risque rien n'a rien {proverb}
|
:: nothing ventured, nothing gained; no pain, no gain
|
| qui ne tente rien n'a rien {proverb}
|
:: alternative form of qui ne risque rien n'a rien
|
| quinine {f}
|
:: quinine
|
| quinique {adj} [organic chemistry]
|
:: quinic
|
| quinnat {m}
|
:: a quinnat salmon
|
| quinoa {mf}
|
:: quinoa
|
| quinoïde {adj} [organic chemistry]
|
:: quinoid
|
| quinoïdine {f} [organic chemistry]
|
:: quinoidine
|
| quinoléine {f} [organic compound]
|
:: quinoline
|
| quinqua {mf}
|
:: clipping of quinquagénaire
|
| quinquagénaire {adj}
|
:: quinquagenarian
|
| quinquagénaire {mf}
|
:: quinquagenarian
|
| quinquénaire {adj}
|
:: synonym of quinaire
|
| quinquennal {adj}
|
:: quinquennial, five-year
|
| quinquennat {m}
|
:: a five-year term in government
|
| quinquet {m} [historical]
|
:: oil lamp, Argand lamp
|
| quinquet {m} [colloquial, humorous]
|
:: peeper, eye
|
| quinquin {m}
|
:: a small child
|
| quinquina {m}
|
:: cinchona (tree)
|
| quint {adj} [dated]
|
:: fifth, seldom used outside of titles
|
| quint {adj} [archaic, medicine]
|
:: Occurring at an interval of five days
|
| quint {m} [obsolete]
|
:: A fifth
|
| quintal {m} [historical]
|
:: quintal (49.951 kg)
|
| quintal {m}
|
:: quintal (100 kg)
|
| quinte {f} [fencing]
|
:: quinte
|
| quinte {f} [music]
|
:: fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)
|
| quinte {f} [card games]
|
:: (five-card) straight
|
| quinte {f}
|
:: fit (of coughing)
|
| quinté {m}
|
:: A bet on the first five horses in a race
|
| quinteau {m} [dated, outside, Perche, Louisiana French, Quebec]
|
:: a heap, pile or stack, such as of sugar or hay
|
| quinte flush {f} [poker]
|
:: straight flush
|
| quinte flush royale {f} [poker]
|
:: royal flush
|
| quinter {adv}
|
:: A fifth time
|
| quinter {v} [archaic, agriculture]
|
:: to plough the field five times
|
| quinter {v} [rare]
|
:: to have a coughing fit
|
| quintessence {f}
|
:: quintessence (all senses)
|
| quintette {m}
|
:: quintet; A composition for five voices or instruments
|
| quintette {m}
|
:: quintet; the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music
|
| quinteux {adj} [medicine]
|
:: quintan
|
| quinteux {adj}
|
:: bilious, ill-tempered
|
| quintidi {m} [historical]
|
:: The fifth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar
|
| quintidodécaèdre {m}
|
:: quintidodecahedron
|
| quintilion {m}
|
:: alternative form of quintillion
|
| quintilliard {num}
|
:: 1033, a million billion billion billion by the long scale, a short scale decillion
|
| quintillion {num}
|
:: 1030; a quintillion by the long scale; a short scale nonillion
|
| quintuple {adj}
|
:: quintuple
|
| quintuple {adj} [music]
|
:: hundred twenty-eighth note
|
| quintuple {m}
|
:: quintuple
|
| quintuple croche {f} [music]
|
:: hundred twenty-eighth note
|
| quintuplement {m}
|
:: fivefold increase
|
| quintupler {v}
|
:: to quintuple, to multiply by five
|
| quinvicies {adv} [legal]
|
:: twenty-fifthly
|
| quinzaine {f}
|
:: about fifteen people, about fifteen things, etc
|
| quinzaine {f}
|
:: A period of fifteen consecutive days. By extension, two weeks; a fortnight
|
| quinze {num}
|
:: fifteen
|
| quinze jours {mp}
|
:: a fortnight, a period of two weeks, of fourteen days (exactly or approximately)
|
| quinze-vingt {m}
|
:: A blind patient of the Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts
|
| quinze-vingt {m}
|
:: A blind person
|
| quinze-vingts {num} [archaic]
|
:: Three hundred
|
| quinzième {adj}
|
:: fifteenth
|
| quinzième {mf}
|
:: fifteenth
|
| quinzièmement {adv}
|
:: fifteenthly
|
| quinzomadaire {adj}
|
:: fortnightly
|
| quinzomadaire {f}
|
:: fortnightly; fortnightly publication
|
| quinzomadairement {adv}
|
:: fortnightly
|
| qui part à la chasse perd sa place {proverb}
|
:: you snooze, you lose
|
| qui peut le plus peut le moins {proverb}
|
:: he who can do more can do less
|
| qui peut le plus, peut le moins {proverb}
|
:: alternative spelling of qui peut le plus peut le moins
|
| qui plus est {adv}
|
:: what is more, moreover, besides
|
| quiproquo {m}
|
:: misunderstanding
|
| quiproquo {m}
|
:: equivocation
|
| qui que ce puisse être {pron}
|
:: whoever (in a present sentence)
|
| qui que ce pût être {pron}
|
:: whoever (in a past sentence)
|
| qui que ce soit {pron}
|
:: whoever, anyone
|
| qui que ce soit {pron}
|
:: (with ne) no one, nobody
|
| qui sait {phrase} [rhetorical question]
|
:: who knows?
|
| quiscale {m}
|
:: grackle
|
| qui sème le vent récolte la tempête {proverb}
|
:: sow the wind, reap the whirlwind; what goes around comes around
|
| qui sème le vent, récolte la tempête {proverb}
|
:: alternative spelling of qui sème le vent récolte la tempête
|
| qui se ressemble s'assemble {proverb}
|
:: birds of a feather flock together
|
| Quito {prop}
|
:: Quito (capital city)
|
| quittance {f}
|
:: a receipt, a quittance
|
| quitte {adj}
|
:: quits
|
| quitte à {adv}
|
:: since, given that
|
| quitte à {adv}
|
:: at the risk of, however much
|
| quitter {vt} [law or obsolete]
|
:: to discharge somebody from an obligation
|
| quitter {vt} [of a place]
|
:: to leave, to quit
|
| quitter {vt} [of a person]
|
:: to part with somebody, to leave somebody
|
| quitus {m}
|
:: discharge (of a debt etc.)
|
| qui va à la chasse perd sa place {proverb}
|
:: alternative form of qui part à la chasse perd sa place: you snooze, you lose
|
| qui va à la chasse, perd sa place {proverb}
|
:: alternative spelling of qui va à la chasse perd sa place
|
| qui veut la fin veut les moyens {proverb}
|
:: the end justifies the means
|
| qui vit par l'épée périra par l'épée {proverb}
|
:: live by the sword, die by the sword
|
| qui vivra verra {proverb}
|
:: time will tell
|
| qui vivra, verra {proverb}
|
:: alternative spelling of qui vivra verra
|
| qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf {proverb}
|
:: once a thief, always a thief (Someone dishonest enough to steal a small thing can steal a big thing as well.)
|
| quiz {m}
|
:: quiz
|
| quoi {pron} [accusative, dative, genitive, oblique, not used in nominative, interrogative, relative]
|
:: what (oblique pronoun)
|
| quoi {pron} [slang, indefinite]
|
:: aught, anything, something
|
| quoi {adv} [colloquial]
|
:: you know, like, y'know
|
| quoi de neuf {phrase}
|
:: what's new, what's up, how's it going (an informal greeting)
|
| quoi faire {adv} [colloquial, Louisiana French, Cajun French, ]
|
:: why
|
| quoiqu' {conj} [before vowel sound]
|
:: apocopic form of quoique
|
| quoi que {pron}
|
:: whatever (+ subjunctive)
|
| quoique {conj}
|
:: though, although
|
| quoi que ce soit {idiom}
|
:: anything (at all)
|
| quoi qu'il en ait été {adv}
|
:: at any rate, in any case, howbeit, anyway, anyhow
|
| quoi qu'il en coûte {adv}
|
:: whatever it costs, whatever the cost, whatever it takes
|
| quoi qu'il en eût été {adv}
|
:: at any rate, in any case, howbeit, anyway, anyhow
|
| quoi qu'il en fût {adv}
|
:: at any rate, in any case, howbeit, anyway, anyhow
|
| quoi qu'il en soit {adv}
|
:: be that as it may, at any rate, in any case, howbeit, anyway, anyhow
|
| quolibet {m}
|
:: gibe, taunt
|
| qu'on {contraction}
|
:: que + on
|
| qu'on se le dise {interj}
|
:: spread the word! let it be known!
|
| quorum {m}
|
:: quorum
|
| quota {m}
|
:: quota
|
| quote-part {f}
|
:: share
|
| quotidien {adj}
|
:: daily; everyday, quotidian, commonplace, mundane
|
| quotidien {m}
|
:: a daily, a daily paper: a newspaper that is published daily
|
| quotidien {m}
|
:: everyday life
|
| quotidiennement {adv}
|
:: daily (every day)
|
| quotidienneté {f}
|
:: daily life
|
| quotient {m}
|
:: Quotient (result of a division)
|
| quotientiel {adj} [maths]
|
:: quotient (attributive)
|
| quotient intellectuel {m}
|
:: intelligence quotient (IQ)
|
| quotité {f}
|
:: quota
|
| quoy {pron}
|
:: obsolete spelling of quoi
|
| qu'un {contraction}
|
:: que + un
|
| qu'une {contraction}
|
:: que + une
|
| Quyen {prop}
|
:: surname
|
| qwerty {m}
|
:: a qwerty keyboard
|
