Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

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quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)

  1. which
    Quei janre de livre veus-tu aichetai ?
    Which kind of book do you want to buy?
  2. (exclamative) what
    Quei caitaistrôphe !
    What a catastrophe!

Pronoun

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quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)

  1. (rare) what
    Quei ât son nom ?
    What is his name?

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Italian

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Determiner

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quei m pl

  1. plural of quel

Usage notes

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  • Before an impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, y, z, and vowel, and also with the plural noun dei, use quegli instead.

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.

Adjective

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quei m (Early Latin)

  1. (interrogative) who, what, that, which

Pronoun

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quei

  1. (relative) who, what, that, which

Descendants

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  • Latin: quī