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quoi.

what

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

pron/kwa/

  1. what

    interrogative · neuter
    De quoi parle-t-il ?
    À quoi penses-tu ?

  2. what

    attributive · colloquial · direct-object · interrogative · neuter
    C'est quoi ?
    Il dit quoi ?

  3. what, (that) which

    direct-object · neuter · relative
    Je sais quoi faire.
    Je ne sais pas quoi faire.

  4. what, (that) which

    neuter · relative
    Laisse-moi te montrer ce sur quoi je travaille en ce moment.
    Et voilà à quoi nous avons passé notre temps.

  5. enough (of something specific)

    neuter
    Il y avait de quoi remplir trois boîtes.

  6. nothing

    neuter
    Il n'y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat !
    Merci ! —Il n'y a pas de quoi [me remercier].

  7. whatever

    direct-object · neuter
    Quoi que je fasse, rien ne changera.

  8. whatever

    neuter · subjective
    Quoi qu'il arrive, je serai là.
Where this word comes from

From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷís. Cognate to English what, which differs due to changing under Grimm’s law.

adv/kwa/

  1. you know, like, y'know

    colloquial
    Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi.
Where this word comes from

From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷís. Cognate to English what, which differs due to changing under Grimm’s law.

phrase/kwa/

  1. what? say again?

Where this word comes from

From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷís. Cognate to English what, which differs due to changing under Grimm’s law.

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