quel
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)
- which
- Des psychologues ont essayé d'analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants.
- Psychologists have tried to analyse which physical traits are considered attractive
- (exclamative) what
- Quelle catastrophe!
- What a catastrophe!
SynonymsEdit
- (which): (Louisiana, Cajun French) équel
PronounEdit
quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)
- (interrogative) what
- Quel est son nom?
- What is his name?
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “quel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
quel
- Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure.
Middle FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- q̃l (abbreviation)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.
AdjectiveEdit
quel m (feminine singular quelle, masculine plural quelz, feminine plural quelles)
- which
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 18:
- Si demanda l'ermite a messire Yvain de quel pays il estoit
- Then the hermit asked Sir Ywain which country he was from
DescendantsEdit
- French: quel
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin quālis, quālem.
AdjectiveEdit
quel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quele)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of quel
DescendantsEdit
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
Contracted from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.
DeterminerEdit
quel m (feminine quella)
SpanishEdit
PronounEdit
quel
- Obsolete spelling of cual