quel

French

Etymology

From Middle French quel, from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛl/

• audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: quelle, quelles, quels

Adjective

quel (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)

1. which

   Quel mec a volé mon pantalon ?

   Which guy stole my trousers?

2. (exclamative) what

   Quelle catastrophe !

   What a catastrophe !

Synonyms

• (which): (Louisiana, Cajun French) équel

Pronoun

quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)

1. (interrogative) what

   Quel est son nom ?

   What is his name?

Derived terms

• daquel
• Daquel
• quel que soit
• tel quel

See also

• qui
• quoi

Further reading

• “quel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

---

Italian

Adjective

quel

1. Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure.

---

Middle French

Alternative forms

• q̃l (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

quel m (feminine singular quelle, masculine plural quelz, feminine plural quelles)

1. which
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 18:

     Si demanda l'ermite a messire Yvain de quel pays il estoit

     Then the hermit asked Sir Ywain which country he was from

Descendants

• French: quel

---

Old French

Etymology

From Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

quel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quele)

1. which

Declension

Declension of quel

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	queus	quele	quel
	Oblique	quel			quele	quel
Plural	Subject	quel	queles		quel
	Oblique	queus			queles	quel

Descendants

• Middle French: quel
  • French: quel

---

Romansch

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu illu, from Latin eccum illum.

Determiner

quel m (feminine quella)

1. that

---

Spanish

Pronoun

quel

1. Obsolete spelling of cual.