quoi

• quei (Morvan)

From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis. Cognate to French quoi.

quoi

1. what (oblique pronoun)
2. (slang) aught, anything, something

   El aiveint-ti de quoi maingé ?

   Did they have enough to eat?

quoi

1. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know.

In some parts of Bourgogne, quoi is often confounded with quei, originally meaning which?. For example, it is not uncommon to hear aivoi de quei instead of aivoi de quoi ('to have enough').

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

• quoy (obsolete)

From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis. Cognate to English what, which differs due to changing under Grimm’s law.

• IPA^(key): /kwa/

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• Homophones: coi, cois

quoi

1. (accusative, dative, genitive, oblique, not used in nominative, interrogative, relative) what (oblique pronoun)

   C'est quoi, ça ? ― What is this/that?

   Il dit quoi ? ― What does he say?

   De quoi il parle ? ― What is he talking about?

   De quoi est-ce qu'il parle ? ― What is he talking about?

   De quoi parle-t-il ? ― What is he talking about?

   De quoi Marie parle-t-elle ? ― What is Marie talking about?

2. (slang, indefinite) aught, anything, something

   Y'a quoi à faire en Angleterre? Il n'y a pas de quoi.

   Is there aught to do in England? No, there is not.

quoi

1. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know

   Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi.

   So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet.

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

quoi

1. dative singular masculine/feminine/neuter of quī

quoi

1. dative singular masculine/feminine/neuter of quī

• “quoi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

quoi

1. (interrogative) who?

• quoid

Old French, from Latin quietus.

quoi m (feminine singular quoie, masculine plural quois, feminine plural quoies)

1. silent
2. calm; peaceful

• coi on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

See quoy.

quoi

1. Alternative form of quoy

Latin quietus.

quoi m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quoie)

1. silent
2. calm; peaceful