quel

From Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

• IPA^(key): /kɛl/

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• Homophones: quelle, quelles, quels

quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)

1. which

   Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?

   Which guy stole my pants?

   Des psychologues ont essayé d'analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants.

   Psychologists have tried to analyse which physical traits are considered attractive

2. (exclamative) what

   Quelle catastrophe!

   What a catastrophe!

• (which): (Louisiana, Cajun French) équel

quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)

1. (interrogative) what

   Quel est son nom?

   What is his name?

• qui
• quoi

• “quel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

quel

1. Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure.

• q̃l (abbreviation)

From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

quel m (feminine singular quelle, masculine plural quelz, feminine plural quelles)

1. which
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 18:

     Si demanda l'ermite a messire Yvain de quel pays il estoit

     Then the hermit asked Sir Ywain which country he was from

• French: quel

From Latin quālis, quālem.

quel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quele)

1. which

• Middle French: quel
  • French: quel

Contracted from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

quel m (feminine quella)

1. that

quel

1. Obsolete spelling of cual