Québécois

See also: Quebecois, québécois, québecois, and Québecois

English

Alternative forms

• Quebecois, Québecois

Pronunciation

• (of the adjectival and singular nominal sense) IPA^(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (of the plural nominal sense) IPA^(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑːz/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Canadian French Québécoisbor.

English Québécois

Borrowed from Canadian French Québécois.

Noun

Québécois (plural Québécois)

1. A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec.

   Coordinate term: Québécoise

   I am a proud Québécois.

Synonyms

• Quebecer, Québecer, Québécer, Quebecker, Québecker, Québécker
• Quebecian, Québecian, Quebeckian

Translations

native or inhabitant of the province or city of Quebec

• Bengali: কেবেকোয়া m (kebekōẇa), কেবেকোয়াজ f (kebekōẇaj)
• Catalan: quebequès (ca) m, quebequesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魁北克人 (kuíběikè rén), 魁人

• Esperanto: kebekano (man or woman), kebekanino (woman)
• Finnish: quebeciläinen
• French: Québécois (fr) m, Québécoise (fr) f
• German: Quebecer m, Quebecerin f
• Greek: Κεμπεκιανός m (Kempekianós), Κεμπεκιανή f (Kempekianí)
• Italian: quebecchese m or f
• Ojibwe: baakwaayish, wemitigoozhi
• Polish: mieszkaniec Quebecu m, mieszkanka Quebecu f
• Portuguese: quebequense m or f
• Romanian: quebecan m
• Russian: квебе́кец (ru) m (kvebékec)
• Spanish: quebequés (es) m, quebequesa (es) f, quebequense m or f, quebequeño m (nonstandard, DPD), quebecense m or f (nonstandard, DPD)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Canadian French québécoisbor.

English Québécois

Borrowed from Canadian French québécois.

Proper noun

Québécois

1. The French language as spoken by inhabitants of Québec.

Translations

Québécois French

• Catalan: francès del Quebec m, francès quebequès m
• French: français québécois (fr) m, français du Québec (fr) m
• German: Quebecer Französisch
• Greek: γαλλικά του Κεμπέκ (galliká tou Kempék), κεμπεκιανικά (kempekianiká)
• Italian: francese del Québec m, francese quebecchese m
• Ojibwe: baakwaayishiimowin, wemitigoozhiimowin
• Polish: dialekt języka francuskiego w Quebecu m
• Portuguese: francês quebequense m, quebequense m
• Romanian: franceză din Quebec f, franceză quebecoasă f
• Spanish: francés de Quebec / quebequés / quebequense m, francés quebequeño / quebecense m (nonstandard, DPD)
• Swedish: québecfranska c

Adjective

Québécois (not comparable)

1. Of, from or relating to the province of Quebec, Canada or its variety of French.

   Canadians have mixed views concerning whether the Québécois people constitute a distinct nation.

Alternative forms

• Québécoise (feminine)

Synonyms

• Quebecian, Québecian, Quebeckian

Derived terms

• Québécois-ness
• Québécoisness

Translations

of or relating to Quebec, its people, or its variety of French

• Catalan: quebequès (ca)
• Esperanto: kebeka
• French: québécois (fr)
• Italian: quebecchese
• Polish: związany z Quebekiem
• Portuguese: quebequense
• Romanian: quebecoas
• Russian: квебе́кский (ru) (kvebékskij)
• Spanish: quebequés (es), quebequense, quebequeño / quebecense (nonstandard, DPD)

See also

• pur et dur
• pure laine

References

• “Quebecois”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “Québécois”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

From Québec +‎ -ois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.be.kwa/
• (Gaspesia) IPA^(key): /ke.be.kwɛ/ (informal)

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Québécois m (invariable, feminine Québécoise)

1. native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec (usually male)

   Selon le recensement de 2016 [deux-mille-seize], un peu plus de 6,3 [six virgule trois] millions Québécois ont le français comme langue maternelle, cela représentant 20,4 % [vingt virgule quatre pour cent] de la population canadienne et 79,1 % [soixante-dix-neuf virgule un pour cent] de celle de la province.

   According to the census of 2016, a bit more than 6.3 million Quebeckers have French as [their — lit. the] mother tongue, this representing 20.4% of [the population of Canada — lit. the Canadian population] and 79.1% of [the province's — lit. that of the province].

See also

• pur et dur
• pure laine