Québec

See also: Quebec, quebec, and Quê-béc

English

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Québec

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

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French

Etymology

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

Usage notes

The name of the city does not take a definite article: Québec, de Québec, à Québec. The name of the province does: 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

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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)

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Italian

Proper noun

Québec ?

1. Alternative form of Quebec

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Québec

1. Alternative form of Quebec

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Romanian

Proper noun

Québec ?

1. Alternative form of Quebec

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Slovak

Alternative forms

• Quebec

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkebek]

Proper noun

1. Quebec (a province of Canada)

References

• “Québec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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Spanish

Proper noun

Québec ?

1. Alternative form of Quebec