Inherited from Old Catalan que, from Latin quid, but also usurping some of the roles of Latin quod.
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈkɛ]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈkə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈke]
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- Rhymes: -ɛ
què
- what (interrogative)
- that, which (impersonal pronoun)
- per què, perquè
- que
- quin
- “què”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “què”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “què” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “què” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ultimately from Latin eccum (perhaps via some compound), from ecce + eum.
- IPA(key): [ˈkɥɛ]
què
- this, that Chì hè què? ― Who is this?
- Corresponding pronoun to the determiners questu, questa, questi, queste.
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què (que4, Zhuyin ㄑㄩㄝˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 卻 / 却
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咑
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塙
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墧 / ?
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 寉
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愨 / 悫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慤 / 悫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搉
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 攃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 榷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殻 / 壳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 毃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灍 / ?
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皵
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 确
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 確 / 确
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碻
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礐 / ?
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礭
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舭
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觱
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闋 / 阕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闕 / 阙
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阕
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阙
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 雀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鳤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵲 / 鹊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of ?
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 瘸 (SV: qua).
Khmer ខ្វិន (khvən) and Mon ခေံ are false cognates.
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwɛ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwɛ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [wɛ˨˩]
què • (?)
- (colloquial) lame due to amputation què quặt ― with one's leg(s) and possibly even one's arm(s) amputated
- → Bahnar: kue (“lame”)