From <span class="searchmatch">qu’est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> (“what (is it that)”) + <span class="searchmatch">c’est</span> (“it is, this is”). IPA(key): /k‿ɛs kə s‿ɛ/ <span class="searchmatch">qu’est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c’est</span> ? what is that? what is this? what is...
for a definition) Qu'est-ce que la liberté ? ― What is freedom? <span class="searchmatch">Qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> qu'un blog ? ― What is a blog? est-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> qui <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span>...
interrogative for a subject) Qu'est-ce qui t'a frappé ? ― What hit you? <span class="searchmatch">Qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> qui se passe ? ― What's going on? est-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span>...
Quebec) Contraction of <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span>? (“what is it?”) 2022 July 20, Editorial staff of Neoquébec, “DÉBAT : « Un Québécois, <span class="searchmatch">c’est</span> ça ! » Réplique à « Quossé...
introduce a focus) this is n'est-ce pas <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span> From French <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span> (“it is”), compare Haitian Creole se. <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span> to be Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales...
est-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> qu' (elided before a vowel) esque (informal) From the subject-verb inversion of <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> (“it is that”). IPA(key): /ɛs kə/ Rhymes: -ə est-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> Used...
Borrowed from Occitan qu'es aquò? (“what is it?”). IPA(key): /ke.za.ko/ Rhymes: -o késaco (colloquial) What is it? <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span>...
IPA(key): /kɛ.se/ ~ /ke.se/ quessé (colloquial, Quebec) Contraction of <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span>? (“what is it?”) 2005 November 9, Serge Dupuis, “LE NOMBRE D'OPPOSANTS...
charabia m (plural charabias) (colloquial) double Dutch gibberish <span class="searchmatch">Qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span> <span class="searchmatch">que</span> <span class="searchmatch">ce</span> charabia? What is this gibberish? 2023, Fabcaro, Didier Conrad...
IPA(key): /s‿ɛ.t‿a.diʁ/, (informal) /st‿a.diʁ/ <span class="searchmatch">c'est</span>-à-dire that is to say <span class="searchmatch">qu'est</span>-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> à dire est-<span class="searchmatch">ce</span> à dire <span class="searchmatch">que</span> “<span class="searchmatch">c'est</span>-à-dire”, in Trésor de la langue française...