Quelles (en. What)

/kɛl/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adjective

English text: Used to ask a question about the identity or nature of something.

English text: What are your preferences?

Quelles sont tes préférences ?

English text: Indicates a selection from a group.

English text: What flowers would you like to buy?

Quelles fleurs aimerais-tu acheter ?

English text: Derived from Old French, named after an interrogative word.

English text: Whatever the case may be

English text: Indicates a certain variety or degree of uncertainty.

Quelles que soient

English text: What ideas!

English text: Expresses astonishment at propositions or thoughts.

Quelles idées !

English text: What demands!

English text: Underlines the difficult or high nature of assumptions.

Quelles exigences !

English text: what

English text: Indicates one or more specific options, masculine singular.

quel

English text: which ones

English text: Used to ask about or designate specific objects among several.

lesquels

English text: Very unusual

English text: He acted in such a way today.

Il a fait des quelles manières aujourd'hui.

English text: Uninteresting

English text: This movie was deadly boring.

Ce film était quelles à mourir d'ennui.