quoi

Signification

Pron

1. what
2. (colloquial) what
3. what, (that) which
4. what, (that) which
5. enough (of something specific)
6. nothing
7. whatever
8. whatever

Adv

you know, like, y'know

Phrase

what? say again?

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kwa/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

C'est quoi ça ?

What's that?

À quoi ça sert d’attendre plus longtemps ?

What's the point of waiting longer?

C'est quoi ceux-ci ?

What are these?

Quoi qu’il en soit , le professeur y mit de la rage .

Anyway, the professor put rage into it.