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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkweʎ.ʎi/
- Rhymes: -eʎʎi
- Hyphenation: qué‧gli
Etymology 1
Determiner
quegli m pl
- masculine plural of quello
Usage notes
- Used before a vowel or an impure consonant.
Etymology 2
From Old Italian quelli, via palatalization of /ll/ before /i/ (cf. begli < belli), from Vulgar Latin *eccum illī, alternative nominative singular of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.
Alternative forms
Pronoun
quegli m
- (archaic) used to refer to someone distant in terms of space or time from the speaker; that (person) (as a subject)