Québec

See also: Quebec, Quebèc, quebec, and Quê-béc

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kəˈbɛk/, /keɪˈbɛk/

Proper noun

Québec

1. Alternative form of Quebec (“province”).
2. (official federal and provincial government usage) Alternative form of Quebec (“Quebec City”).

Usage notes

This is the official spelling of the city. Whereas for the province, according to the Canadian government, Québec is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec in Canadian English.

Derived terms

• Qué.
• Québec City
• Québecer
• Québecian

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.bɛk/

• Audio (Côte-Nord, Quebec)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛk

Proper noun

Québec m

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

   Synonym: Ville de Québec

   1. (by metonymy) The government of the province of Quebec.

      Québec a annoncé de nouveaux investissements en santé.

      Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.

Usage notes

The name of the city does not take a definite article: Québec, de Québec, à Québec. This is also true when the name of the city is used as a metonymy for the government of the province. The name of the province does take an article: le Québec, au Québec, du Québec, except in the expression Province de Québec.

Derived terms

• Action démocratique du Québec
• Québécois
• québécois
• québécité
• Sûreté du Québec
• (province): QC, Que., Que, Qc., Qc, P.Q., P. Q., PQ (abbreviation)

Descendants

• English: Quebec
• → Portuguese: Quebeque, Quebec

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [keˈbɛk]

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Québec n (proper noun, genitive Québecs or (optionally with an article) Québec)

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Italian

Proper noun

Québec ?

1. Alternative form of Quebec

Portuguese

Proper noun

Québec

1. Alternative form of Quebec

Romanian

Proper noun

Québec n

1. Alternative form of Quebec

Slovak

Alternative forms

• Quebec

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkebek]

Proper noun

Québec m inan (genitive singular Québecu)

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)

References

• “Québec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Proper noun

Québec ?

1. Alternative form of Quebec