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quelle mouche le pique: what the hell is he thinking? what the hell got into him?
quellement: in such or suchlike a manner
quelqu'un: one (out of several); someone, somebody, anyone, anybody; (colloquial) (a) somebody (someone singular or notable, i.e., who stands apart from most others in importance, skill, merit, etc.); some; some people, certain
quelque chose: something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
quelque part: somewhere; in a way, in a sense
quelque part que: wherever
quelque peu: somewhat
quelquefois: sometimes
quelques-uns: some, a few
quenelle: dumpling, quenelle; penis; quenelle (gesture)
quenotte: tooth, toothy-peg
quenottier: tooth-drawer
quenouille: distaff; cattail
quenya: Quenya
quercinois: alternative spelling of quercynois
quercitrine: quercitrin
quercitron: quercitron
quercétine: quercetin
querelle: quarrel, argument
querelle de clocher: parish-pump quarrel, parochial squabble, petty squabble
quereller: to quarrel, to squabble
querelleur: quarrelsome
questeur: quaestor; in political assemblies, a member charged with administration and budget management
question: question (interrogation by torture); question (sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response); issue, matter, topic, problem
question de vie ou de mort: matter of life and death, matter of life or death
question fermée: close-ended question, closed question
question ouverte: open-ended question
question partielle: wh-question
question piège: trick question
question rhétorique: rhetorical question
question totale: yes-no question, polar question
question à choix multiple: multiple-choice question
question-tag: tag question (question inviting agreement)
questionnable: questionable
questionnaire: questionnaire
questionnaire à choix multiple: multiple-choice questionnaire
questionnement: questioning
questionner: to question, interrogate; to call into question; to question, ask (someone); to inquire, ask (about)
questionneur: questioner
questure: quaestorship (the office of a quaestor)
quet: a set of 26 leaves of paper with their couching fabrics; the approximate French equivalent of a quire
quetsche: damson (plum)
quetzal: quetzal (bird); quetzal (currency)
queue: tail; queue, line; cue; cock, dick (penis)
queue de poisson: Swerve in front of another car and deliberately brake to hinder or startle the driver behind.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see queue, poisson.
queue-d'aronde: dovetail
queue-de-cheval: ponytail (hairstyle); horsetail
queue-de-pie: tailcoat (formal evening jacket)
queues de cerises: trifle; very little money, peanuts
queutard: horn dog, womanizer (man fixated on sex)
queuter: to push (to have the cue ball in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time); to miss, fail, screw up; to have sex
queux: cook
queux: whetstone
queuë: obsolete spelling of queue
queüe: obsolete spelling of queue
qui: who, whom; who, which, that; whom (after a preposition); he who, who(m)ever; what
qui: Used to indicate the cry of a bird.
qui: if
qui a bu boira: once a drunkard, always a drunkard; old habits die hard; a leopard cannot change its spots
qui aime bien châtie bien: you've got to be cruel to be kind; spare the rod and spoil the child (one should show tough love); me poking fun at you is proof that I like you