quei

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

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

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

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

Derived terms
  • douquei
  • lequei
  • auquei

See also

Italian

Adjective

quei m pl

  1. plural of quel

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

Anagrams

Old Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

quei m

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

Pronoun

quei

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

Descendants
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