qual

See also: Qual, QUAL, quál, and qual'

English

Alternative forms

• Qual

Etymology

From qualify.

Noun

qual (plural quals)

1. (usually in the plural) Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a grad student or prospective grad student) to measure their mastery in something, usually an academic field.
   • 2000, Stephen Cannell, The Devil's Workshop: A Novel, HarperCollins (2000), page 12,

     He'd refused to say anything more, because he didn't want to distract her with his problems on the eve of the Quals.

   • 2004, Emanuel Derman, My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance, John Wiley & Sons (2004), page 30.

     To be a theorist, you also had to pass a special theory section on the quals.

2. (sports) Alternative form of quali

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:qual.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwal/

Pronoun

qual (relative, plural quals)

1. which

   És un cop del qual no es va recuperar.

   It's a blow from which he is not going to recover.

Derived terms

• tal qual

Further reading

• “qual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Interlingua

Adverb

qual (not comparable)

1. what (such)

Determiner

qual

1. (relative) which

   Le doctrina de Jamblicho super le anima es sin dubita inspirate per le Timeo de Platon, in qual texto le autor depinge le anima como le mediation inter lo intelligibile indivisibile – le idea – e lo sensibile divisibile e multiple.^[1]

   Iamblichus' doctrine about the soul is without a doubt inspired by Plato's Timaeus, in which text the author depicts the soul as the mediation between the indivisible intelligible — the idea — and the divisible and multiple sensory.

Pronoun

qual

1. (interrogative) what

   Qual es le instrumento del anima per rationalisar lo sensibile, multiple e cambiante? ^[2]

   What is the soul's instrument to perceive by reason the sensory, multiple, and variable?

2. (relative) which

   Secundo Jamblicho, le mathematica es le medio per qual le anima da unitate a lo diverse e es capabile de rationalisar le ordine de lo sensibile. ^[3]

   According to Iamblichus, mathematics is the medium by which the soul gives unity to the diverse and is capable of perceiving by reason the order of the sensory.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: quàl

Adjective

qual (apocopate)

1. Apocopic form of quale
   • (Can we date this quote?), Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto I:

     Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura
     esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
     che nel pensier rinova la paura!

     Ah, how rueful to say what sort it was
     this wilderness wild and harsh and daunting
     that in my thoughts makes my fright alive again

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Middle English

Noun

qual

1. Alternative form of whale

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis (“which”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈkwaw/, [ˈkwaʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈkwal/, [ˈkwaɫ]

• Hyphenation: qual

Pronoun

qual (plural quais)

1. which (what one)

   Qual é maior?

   Which is bigger?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:qual.

Derived terms

• cada qual
• qual é?
• o qual
• tal qual

Related terms

• qualidade
• qualificar
• qualquer

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Spanish

Pronoun

qual (relative, plural quales)

1. Obsolete spelling of cual