quoi

/kwa/

adverb A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. what

Similar words

que

que and quoi both mean "what," but differ grammatically — que is used in most clause structures, quoi stands alone or comes after a preposition, like "à quoi penses-tu?"

Similar in other languages

German

was

was is the German word for the same thing — both mean "what."

Practice

1 What does quoi mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tu penses à ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches quoi?

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