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quê.

what (which thing)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

pron/ˈke/Brazil/ˈke/Portugal

  1. what (which thing)

    interrogative · sentence-final
    Pensas no quê?
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quem Portuguese quê Inherited from Latin quem (“what”).

noun/ˈke/Brazil/ˈke/Portugal

  1. a characteristic (distinguishable feature of a person or thing)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quem Portuguese quê Inherited from Latin quem (“what”).

noun/ˈke/Brazil/ˈke/Portugal

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

    masculine
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