quid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.2 Verb 1.5 See also 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronoun 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Latin 4.1 Conjunction 4.1.1 Derived terms 4.2 Pronoun 4.2.1 Descendants 5 Spanish 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪd/

  Rhymes: -ɪd

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin quid (“‘what, something’”), neuter singular of quis (“‘who’”).

[edit] Noun

quid (plural quids)

1. The inherent nature of something.
2. (US, historical) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).

[edit] Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

[edit] Noun

quid (plural quid or rarely quids)

1. (historical) A sovereign or guinea.
2. (British, colloquial) Pound sterling.

   Twenty quid for a sandwich? You're having a laugh!

3. (Australian, colloquial) pound (before the 1966 currency change)
4. (Irish, colloquial) pound, punt, euro
5. (US, colloquial) Chewing tobacco.

[edit] Synonyms

• (pound sterling):
  • (standard English): pound, pound sterling
  • (slang): nicker, sov

[edit] Derived terms

• quids in

[edit] Etymology 3

Variant of cud.

[edit] Noun

quid (plural quids)

1. A piece of chewing tobacco.

[edit] Verb

to quid (third-person singular simple present quids, present participle quidding, simple past and past participle quidded)

1. To chew tobacco
2. (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing

[edit] See also

bob buck dime nickel

quarter quidditch trey zac

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quid.

[edit] Pronoun

quid

1. what about

   Quid de la transparence du programme ?

[edit] Synonyms

• Qu'en est-il de...
• Qu'est-il advenu de...

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

quid m. inv.

1. A certain something (that is somehow undefinable)

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Conjunction

quid n.

1. why
   • Gesta Danorum (“‘deeds of the Danes’”) by Saxo Grammaticus (in Latin caput 8, liber 1, translation in English chapter 8, book 1)

   Quid gladio pugnas incurvo?

   Why fightest thou with curved sword?

2. what

[edit] Derived terms

• quid tibi nomen est?
• quid nomen tibi est?
• quid ni?/quidni? (why not?)
• quid ita? (why so?)
• quid si? (how if?)

  Quid si illud addimus.

• quid tum? (what then? how then?)
• quid ergo (ironically)
• quid agis?
• quid ais?

[edit] Pronoun

quid n. (interrogative pronoun)

1. Neuter of quis..

   Quid dico?

   What do I say?

[edit] Descendants

• French: que, quoi
• Italian: che
• Portuguese: que
• Romanian: ce
• Spanish: que

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

quid m.

1. gist; point; crux