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Etymology
From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.
Adjective
quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)
- which
Quei janre de livre veus-tu aichetai ?- Which kind of book do you want to buy?
- (exclamative) what
Quei caitaistrôphe !- What a catastrophe!
Pronoun
quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)
- (rare) what
Quei ât son nom ?- What is his name?
Derived terms
See also
Italian
Determiner
quei m pl
- plural of quel
Usage notes
- Before an impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, y, z, and vowel, and also with the plural noun dei, use quegli instead.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.
Adjective
quei m (Early Latin)
- (interrogative) who, what, that, which
Pronoun
quei
- (relative) who, what, that, which
Descendants