que

• IPA^(key): /kjuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, Q, queue

que (countable and uncountable, plural ques)

1. (US, informal, rare) Clipping of barbeque.
   • 2009 December 25, Nick Cramer, in My "homemade" Italian meatball recipe - for Nick and Meir, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated, Usenet:

     Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que, pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice […]

   • 2010 September 22, Nanzi (username), in Re: Yoy guys are killing this group, in alt.food.barbecue, Usenet:

     Instead please join in the sharing of que methods and recipes, or questions.

   • 2011, Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones: A Novel →ISBN, page 57

     The back route I favor involves a long stretch on Highway 74 and brings me close enough to Lumberton for a barbeque detour. That was my target today. Being already in Lumberton, it only made sense to score some “que.”

• equ-

From Latin quid.

que

1. that, what, which

• qué

• (Central) IPA^(key): /kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ke/

From Latin quem, accusative of quī,.

que

1. (relative) that, which
2. (relative) that, who, whom

• què

From Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

que

1. (relative) that
2. (in comparisons) than

que

1. how; used to indicate surprise, delight and such.

   Que bonic és viure!

   How nice it is to live!

• què

From Old Portuguese que, from Latin quid (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.

que

1. that (connecting noun clause)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     I si “a patria do homi é sua lengua”, cumu idía Albert Camus, o que está claru é que a lengua está mui por encima de fronteiras, serras, rius i maris, de situaciós pulíticas i sociu-económicas, de lazus religiosus e inclusu familiaris.

     And if “a man’s homeland is his language”, as Albert Camus said, what is clear is that language is beyond borders, mountain ranges, rivers and seas, above political and socio-economic situations, of religious and even family ties.

2. than (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 2: Númerus:

     Cumu to é cuestión de proporciós, sin que sirva de argumentu por nun fel falta, poemus vel que en a misma Europa hai Estaus Soberarius con menus territoriu que os tres lugaris nossus, cumu:

     As everything is a matter of proportions, without its presence being an argument, we can see that even in Europe there are Sovereign States with less territory than our three places, such as:

• o que

• IPA^(key): /kə/

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• Rhymes: -ə

From Latin quia.

que

1. that (introduces a noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)

   Je vois que tu parles bien français. — I see that you speak French well.

2. (used with ne) only (ne ... que parses roughly as "(do[es]) not / nothing ... other than")

   Je ne mange que des fruits. — I eat only fruits.

3. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.

   Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. — If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.

4. when, no sooner.

   Il était à peine parti qu'elle a téléphoné à la police. — No sooner had he left when she called the police.

5. Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.
   • 1874, Barbey d'Aurevilly, ‘Le Bonheur dans le crime’, Les Diaboliques:

     —Quelle grande bête, avec tout son esprit, que votre marquise, pour vous avoir dit pareille chose! — fit la duchesse  […].

     ‘What a beast your marquess is, for all her spirit, for having told you such a thing!’ said the duchess.

   • 1918, Jean Giradoux, Simon le pathétique:

     —Quelle belle fleur que la rose! dit-elle soudain, alors qu'aucune rose n'était en vue […].

     ‘What a beautiful flower the rose is!’ she said suddenly, though no rose was in sight.

• Unlike its English counterpart, que (sense 1) cannot be omitted in Standard French.
• Ne...que, though it may look like a negative structure, is not a true negative. The partitive article is used after it and does not change into de as with other negatives.

• parce que
• bien que

From Latin quam.

que

1. than (introduces a comparison)

   Il est plus grand que son père. — He is taller than his father.

From Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

que

1. (slightly formal) The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.

   Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? — What do you think of that painting?

2. (slightly formal) The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.

   Qu'est-il arrivé ?

   Que me vaut cette visite ?

   Que sommes nous ? — What are we?

• (colloquial) qu'est-ce que (object); qu'est-ce qui (subject)

From Latin quem, accusative of qui.

que

1. The direct object relative pronoun.

   C'est un homme que je connais très bien. — He's a man whom I know very well.

   Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. — I've just read the letter that you sent me.

• quoi

• “que” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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From Old Portuguese que, from Latin quid.

que

1. that

From Latin quid.

que

1. what; which (interrogative only)

   ¿Que camisa queres? - “Which shirt do you want?”

que

1. how; what (comparative)

   que lástima - “how sad”

2. used to express an adjective; how [mostly not translated]

   que feo

   ¡[how] ugly!

   que alto

   ¡[how] tall!

   que bonito

   ¡[how] cool!

que

1. what (interrogative only)

   ¿Que ves? - “What do you see?”

2. that, which

que f (plural ques)

1. Name of the letter q.

• IPA^(key): /kwe/, /kwɛ/

que (plural que-i)

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

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

From Portuguese que, from Old Portuguese que, from Latin quid (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.

que

1. that; which
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     […] , que da-cá su quião que ta pertencê a êll.

     […] , to give him his share which belongs to him.

• IPA^(key): /k(w)e/

que

1. that

que

1. what (interrogative)

   Que tu prefere? - What do you prefer?

• perque
• proque
• quecunque, qualcunque, etc.

que

1. Nonstandard spelling of quē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of qué.
3. Nonstandard spelling of què.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Latin quia.

que

1. that

From Latin quid.

que

1. what
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 61:

     si en fut tant dolent qu'il ne sçavoit que dire

     then he was so sad that he didn't know what to say

• French: que

que

1. (interrogative) who

• ke

From Latin quid, quis.

que

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

que

1. that

• kil

• Middle French: que
  • French: que

From Latin quid, quis.

que

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

• Catalan: què
• Occitan: qué

que

1. that

• q̃, q̇ (abbreviation, in manuscripts)

From Latin quid (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.

que

1. that (introduces a connecting clause)

• Fala: que
• Galician: que
• Portuguese: que
  • Indo-Portuguese: que

• q (abbreviation)
• q̃ (abbreviation, obsolete)

From Old Portuguese que, from Latin quid (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki/
  • Homophone: qui
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke/
  • Homophone: quê
• Hyphenation: que

que

1. that (connecting noun clause)
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 227:

     Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!

     I thought that you had said that she was just ordering you to write!

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 588:

     Pensei que eles fossem invisíveis.

     I thought that they were invisible.

2. that (introducing the result of the main clause)

   Está tão frio que os canos congelaram.

   It is so cold that the pipes froze

3. than (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison)

   O inverno é mais frio que o verão.

   Winter is colder than summer.

4. (only in subordinate clauses) seeing as; since; for; because (introduces explanatory clause).

   Espere um pouco que a chuva já vai parar.

   Wait a little: for the rain is about to stop.

   • 1878, Machado de Assis, O Machete (short story):

     Nas horas de lazer, tratava Inácio do querido instrumento e fazia vibrar todas as cordas do coração, derramando as suas harmonias interiores, e fazendo chorar a boa velha de melancolia e gosto, que ambos estes sentimentos lhe inspirava a música do filho.

     In his times of leisure, Inácio took care of the loved instrument and made all heartstrings vibrate, outpouring his inner harmonies, and making the good old woman cry with melancholy and pleasure: for both these feelings the son’s music inspired in her.

5. (only in subordinate clauses) and (indicating the consequences of an action, often threateningly)

   Quebre as regras que você será punido.

   Break the rules and you will be arrested.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:que.

• (than): do que
• (because): por causa que, porque

que

1. (interrogative) what (used to ask for a specification)

   Que livro é esse?

   What book is this?

2. (relative) which; that; who (of those mentioned)

   Li uma notícia que era muita desagradável.

   I read news that was very unpleasant.

3. (indefinite) what thing
4. what a (preceding nouns); how (preceding adjectives) (indicates surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)

   Que jogador!

   What a player!

   Que belo!

   How beautiful!

• (what thing): o que

From Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

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que

1. that

   Él dice que está triste.

   He says that he/she is sad.

2. than

   Llego más tarde que tú.

   I am arriving later than you.

3. indicating a reason, roughly because

   ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso!

   Slow down, (because) it is slippery!

4. indicating desire or permission

   Que te vaya bien

   good luck to you.

   Que Dios me perdone

   may God forgive me.

que

1. who; that

   la estrella que está en la película - “the star who is in the movie”

2. that; whom

   la mujer con la que yo hablé - “the woman with whom I spoke”

3. that; which

   la casa que yo quiero - “the house that I want”

que

1. than
2. like, as

que

1. to

• quehacer m

• qué

• q

From Proto-Vietic *k-vɛː; cognate with Muong que and Tho [Cuối Chăm] [kʰwɛː¹].

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwɛ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wɛ˧˧]

(classifier cái, cây) que

1. small stick