quelque
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
quelque m or f (plural quelques)
- some (singular)
Usage notes[edit]
When followed by un or une, the final e is elided, resulting in quelqu’un and quelqu’une. Elision before autre, resulting in quelqu’autre was once officially permitted, but is now proscribed in favor of quelque autre.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Haitian Creole: kèk
Further reading[edit]
- “quelque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.