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French
Etymology
Extracted from the Medieval Latin phrase dispūtātiōnes de quōlibet.
Pronunciation
Noun
quolibet m (plural quolibets)
- gibe, taunt
Descendants
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From quō + -libet.
Adverb
quōlibet (not comparable)
- whithersoever (to wherever it pleases; in whatever place)
In quolibet barbariae angulo colloceris...- In whatever corner of the barbarian world you would be...(Seneca)
Descendants
References
- “quolibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quolibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quolibet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French quolibet.
Noun
quolibet n (uncountable)
- quip, gibe, taunt
Declension
declension of quolibet (singular only)
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singular
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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(un) quolibet
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quolibetul
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(unui) quolibet
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quolibetului
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quolibetule
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