lesquels
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of les + quels.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]lesquels m pl
- (relative pronoun) masculine plural of lequel: (following a preposition) which, that, whom
- Elle préfère les hommes avec lesquels tu sortais.
- She prefers the men with whom you were going out.
- Il se remet à travailler sur les projet pour lesquels il avait déjà passé tellement de temps.
- He's starting to work on the projects on which he had already spent so much time.
- (interrogative pronoun) which ones
- Passe-moi les ballons. - Lesquels ? Il y en a de différentes sortes.
- Pass me the balls. - Which ones? There are different sorts.
Usage notes
[edit]- See the lemma lequel for usage notes.