quê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "que"
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈke/
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: quê
Etymology 1
From Latin quem (“what”).
Pronoun
quê
- (interrogative, sentence-final) what (which thing)
- Pensas no quê?
- You are thinking about what?
- Quê?
- What?
Derived terms
- não há de quê
- por quê
- porquê
Noun
quê m (plural quês)
- a characteristic (distinguishable feature of a person or thing)
Noun
quê m (plural quês)
- cue (name of the letter Q, q)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *k-veːr (“village”); cognate with Muong quêl (“village”) and Chut [Rục] kəveːl¹. Compare also Proto-Katuic *wiil ~ *weel (whence Pacoh veil).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwe˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wej˧˧]
Noun
quê • (圭, 𬫀)
- countryside; the country, rural area
- birthplace
- Synonym: nơi sinh
- hometown; place one is originally from; hometown of one's ancestors, usually considered in the male line
- Synonym: quê quán
- Tết này có về quê không?
- Will you go back to your hometown this New Year?
Derived terms
Derived terms
- dân quê
- đồng quê
- làng quê
- nhà quê
- quê hương
- quê kệch
- quê nhà
- quê quán
- thôn quê
Adjective
quê • (圭, 𬫀)
- Short for quê mùa (“typical of countrymen; rural, lame and tacky”).
- (Southern Vietnam, by extension) very embarrassing; mortifying
Derived terms
Derived terms
- quê xệ