Auxquelles (en. To which)

/o.kɛl/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

pronoun

Used to designate objects or people already mentioned.

The houses to which we thought were all magnificent.

Les maisons auxquelles nous avons pensé étaient toutes magnifiques.

To introduce an explanatory relative clause.

It’s the city to which I often think.

C'est la ville auxquelles je pense souvent.

Used to pose an indirect question.

I don’t know which questions he answered.

Je ne sais pas auxquelles des questions il a répondu.

From Latin 'quae', the feminine plural of 'qui', combined with the preposition 'à'.

to which you were thinking

refers to specific ideas or things that someone has in mind.

auxquelles tu pensais

to which he is referring

means that one is talking about specific subjects or objects mentioned by a person.

auxquelles il fait référence

the people to whom I allude

indicates the people being talked about implicitly.

les personnes auxquelles je fais allusion

who

relative pronoun that introduces a relative clause.

qui

which

relative pronoun used to refer to things.

lequel

which

feminine plural form, used for questioning.

quelles

Use in colloquial language to refer to people in an informal way.

Do you remember the girls to whom we talked yesterday?

Tu te souviens des filles auxquelles on a parlé hier ?

Reference to a specific group in a casual conversation.

The parties to which I like to go are always great.

Les soirées auxquelles j'aime aller sont toujours super.