quale

See also: Quale, qualé, and quäle

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɑːl/, /ˈkweɪl/

Noun

quale (plural qualia)

  1. (philosophy) A property considered separately from a thing having that property.
    • 2011, Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell
      I was more like a vegetable than a person—with my consciousness only a shadow of self-awareness, only a dim sense of qualia penetrated my mental haze.

Anagrams


Ido

Etymology

From quala + -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwa.le/, /ˈkwa.lɛ/

Adverb

quale

  1. (interrogative adverb) how, as, like
    Explikez quale vu facis ol.
    Explain how you did it.
  • quala (what kind of)

See also


Italian

Etymology

From Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

quale m or f (plural quali)

  1. (question) what?
    Synonym: che
    Quale uomo era?What man was it?
  2. (in choosing options) which?
    Quale macchina preferisci?Which car do you prefer?
  3. (exclamation) what
    Quale fortuna!What luck!
    Synonym: che
  4. (in lists) such as, like
    Synonyms: come, tipo
    Verdura quali le carote ed i piselli.Vegetables such as carrots and peas.

Usage notes

  • Poetic or archaic variants before consonant: quai, quà.

Pronoun

quale

  1. which ... ?
    Quale dei tre è il più grande?Which of the three is biggest?

Derived terms

Adverb

quale

  1. as
    Synonym: come
    quale amicoas a friend

Latin

Pronoun

quale

  1. nominative neuter singular of quālis
  2. accusative neuter singular of quālis
  3. vocative neuter singular of quālis

Middle English

Noun

quale

  1. Alternative form of whale
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