Québécois

== English == === Alternative forms === Quebecois, Québecois === Pronunciation === (of the adjectival and singular nominal sense) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/ (of the plural nominal sense) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑːz/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Canadian French Québécois. ==== Noun ==== Québécois (plural Québécois) A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec. Coordinate term: Québécoise ===== Synonyms ===== Quebecer, Québecer, Québécer, Quebecker, Québecker, Québécker Quebecian, Québecian, Quebeckian ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Canadian French québécois. ==== Proper noun ==== Québécois The French language as spoken by inhabitants of Québec. ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== Québécois (not comparable) Of, from or relating to the province of Quebec, Canada or its variety of French. ===== Alternative forms ===== Québécoise (feminine) ===== Synonyms ===== Quebecian, Québecian, Quebeckian ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === pur et dur pure laine === References === “Quebecois”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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 == === Etymology === From Québec +‎ -ois. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ke.be.kwa/ (Gaspesia) IPA(key): /ke.be.kwɛ/ (informal) === Noun === Québécois m (invariable, feminine Québécoise) native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec (usually male) ==== See also ==== pur et dur pure laine