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695 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Q
noun, masculine
abbreviation of cul (“ass; arse”)
QC
proper noun
abbreviation of Québec (= Quebec): a province of Canada
QCM
noun, masculine
initialism of questionnaire à choix multiple; multiple-choice questionnaire
QG
noun, masculine
initialism of quartier général: HQ
QHS
noun, masculine
acronym of quartier de haute sécurité
QI
noun, masculine
IQ
Qaqqaq
proper noun
a surname, Qaqqaq, from Inuktitut
Qatar
proper noun
Qatar (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Qatari
noun, masculine
Qatari (resident or native of Qatar)
Qatarien
noun, masculine
Qatari (resident or native of Qatar)
Qatariote
noun, masculine/feminine
Qatari (resident or native of Qatar)
Qechm
proper noun
Qeshm
Qiu
proper noun
a Chinese surname; a French surname from Chinese
Qohéleth
proper noun
Ecclesiastes
Quades
noun, masculine
Quadi (an ancient Germanic people who lived in Moravia)
Quai
proper noun
short for Quai des Orfèvres
Quai d'Orsay
proper noun
the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Quai des Orfèvres
proper noun
Former seat of the judicial police in Paris
Quaqtaq
proper noun
Quaqtaq (a northern village in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada)
Quarante
proper noun
a commune of Hérault department, Occitania, France
Quart
proper noun
Quart (a comune of the Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy)
Quartararo
proper noun
a surname, Quartararo, from Italian
Quatrième Guerre mondiale
proper noun
World War IV
Quatrième Monde
proper noun
Fourth World
Quatrième Univers
proper noun
Fourth World
Qubadli
proper noun
Qubadlı (a city in Azerbaijan)
Queensland
proper noun
Queensland (a state of Australia, located in the northeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1859 to 1901)
Quel Panama!
interjection
what a mess; what a boondoggle; what a disaster
Queloz
proper noun
a Swiss surname
Quelvignac
proper noun
A toponym in Noyal-Pontivy, Morbihan
Queneau
proper noun
a surname; Raymond Queneau, French writer
Quentin
proper noun
a male given name from Latin; recently popular
Quercy
proper noun
Quercy (a cultural region and former province in modern-day Occitania, France, located in the present department of Lot, the northern half of the department of Tarn-et-Garonne, and a few communities in the departments of Dordogne, Corrèze and Aveyron)
Quesne
proper noun
a surname
Quevauvilliers
proper noun
a rare surname
Queysanne
proper noun
a surname
Quiberon
proper noun
Quiberon
Quiberonnais
noun, masculine
resident or native of Quiberon
Quicherat
proper noun
a surname
Quillévéré
proper noun
a surname from Breton
Quimper
proper noun
Quimper (a city, the prefecture of Finistère department, Brittany, France)
Quimperlé
proper noun
Quimperlé (a town in Finistère department, Brittany, France)
Quimpérois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Quimper
Quinet
proper noun
a surname
Quiquetonne
proper noun
a Middle French surname
Quiterie
proper noun
a female given name
Quito
proper noun
Quito (the capital city of Ecuador)
Quitterie
proper noun
a female given name
Quiévrechain
proper noun
Quiévrechain (a town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France)
Quyen
proper noun
a surname from Vietnamese
Québec
proper noun
Quebec (a province in eastern Canada); Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)
Québécois
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec (usually male)
Quémènès
proper noun
Quemenes (an island of Molene, Finistère department, Brittany, France)
q
noun, masculine
abbreviation of quintal
qanûn
noun, feminine
a type of Turkish zither
qat
noun, masculine
khat; qat
qatari
adjective
of Qatar
qatarien
adjective
of Qatar; Qatari
qatnéen
adjective
Qatnean
qianguique
adjective
Qiangic