quoi
Bourguignon
Alternative forms
- quei (Morvan)
Etymology
From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis. Cognate to French quoi.
Pronoun
quoi
- what (oblique pronoun)
- (slang) aught, anything, something
- El aiveint-ti de quoi maingé ?
- Did they have enough to eat?
- El aiveint-ti de quoi maingé ?
Adverb
quoi
- (colloquial) you know, like, y'know.
Usage notes
In some parts of Bourgogne, quoi is often confounded with quei, originally meaning which?. For example, it is not uncommon to hear aivoi de quei instead of aivoi de quoi ('to have enough').
See also
Further reading
- “quoi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
French
Alternative forms
- quoy (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin quid; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis. Cognate to English what, which differs due to changing under Grimm’s law.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
quoi
- what (oblique pronoun)
- (slang) aught, anything, something
- Y'a quoi à faire en Angleterre? Il n’y a pas de quoi.
- Is there aught to do in England? No, there is not.
- Y'a quoi à faire en Angleterre? Il n’y a pas de quoi.
Adverb
quoi
- (colloquial) you know, like, y'know.
- Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi.
- So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet.
- Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi.
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “quoi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) quoi
Pronoun
References
- “quoi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.
Pronoun
quoi
- (interrogative) who?
See also
Middle French
Etymology 1
Old French, from Latin quietus.
Adjective
quoi m (feminine singular quoie, masculine plural quois, feminine plural quoies)
References
- coi on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Etymology 2
See quoy.
Pronoun
quoi
- Alternative form of quoy
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
quoi m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quoie)
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