quai

See also: Quai, quài, and quái

French

Quai du Yang-king-pang

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cail, specifically from forms without the final l such as kay, kai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke/, /kɛ/

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Noun

quai m (plural quais)

1. quay, wharf
2. platform (of a station)

Derived terms

• à quai
• Quai d’Orsay

 

Further reading

• “quai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French quai.

Noun

quai m (invariable)

1. quay, wharf
2. (railroad) platform

Paiwan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *quay.

Noun

quai

1. rattan

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwaːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waːj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) quai • (乖, 𢮿, 𨧰)

1. strap