Québécois
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (of the adjectival and singular nounal sense) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/
- (of the plural nounal sense) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑːz/
Etymology 1
[edit]From Canadian French Québécois.
Noun
[edit]Québécois (plural Québécois)
- A native or inhabitant of the province or city of Quebec.
- Coordinate term: Québécoise
- I am a proud Québécois.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]native or inhabitant of the province or city of Quebec
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Canadian French québécois.
Proper noun
[edit]Québécois
Translations
[edit]Québécois French
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Adjective
[edit]Québécois (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Quebec, its people, or its variety of French.
- Canadians have mixed views concerning whether the Québécois people constitute a distinct nation.
Alternative forms
[edit]- Québécoise (feminine)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to Quebec, its people, or its variety of French
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “Quebecois”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “Québécois”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
French
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Québécois m (plural Québécois, feminine Québécoise)
- Quebecer; Québécois person
- Selon le recensement de 2016 [deux-mille-seize], un peu plus de 6,3 [six virgule trois] millions Québécois ont le français comme langue maternelle, cela représentant 20,4 % [vingt virgule quatre pour cent] de la population canadienne et 79,1 % [soixante-dix-neuf virgule un pour cent] de celle de la province.
- According to the census of 2016, a bit more than 6.3 million Quebeckers have French as [their — lit. the] mother tongue, this representing 20.4% of [the population of Canada — lit. the Canadian population] and 79.1% of [the province's — lit. that of the province].
See also
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