quegli

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweʎ.ʎi/
• Rhymes: -eʎʎi
• Syllabification: qué‧gli

Etymology 1

Determiner

quegli m pl

1. masculine plural of quello

Usage notes

• Used before a vowel or an impure consonant.

Etymology 2

From Old Italian quelli, via palatalization of /ll/ before /i/ (cf. begli < belli), from Vulgar Latin *eccum illī, alternative nominative singular of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Alternative forms

• quelli (obsolete)

Pronoun

quegli m

1. (archaic) used to refer to someone distant in terms of space or time from the speaker; that (person) (as a subject)