quoi
Meaning
-
- what
- (colloquial) what
- what, (that) which
- what, (that) which
- enough (of something specific)
- nothing
- whatever
- whatever
Concepts
Synonyms
qu’est-ce qui
quelle chose
qu’est-ce que
autre fois
autre jour
qu’est-ce que c’est
donner en mille
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kwa/
Etymology
From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis. Cognate to English what, which differs due to changing under Grimm’s law.
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