Québec

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/ (Canada) IPA(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kəˈbɛk/, /keɪˈbɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Proper noun === Québec Alternative form of Quebec: A province in eastern Canada. (official federal and provincial government usage) Alternative form of Quebec: The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada. ==== Usage notes ==== This is the official spelling of the city, whereas for the province, according to the Canadian government, Québec is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec in Canadian English. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ke.bɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Proper noun === Québec m Quebec (a province in eastern Canada) Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada) Synonym: Ville de Québec (by metonymy) The government of the province of Quebec. ==== Usage notes ==== The name of the city does not take a definite article: Québec, de Québec, à Québec. This is also true when the name of the city is used as a metonymy for the government of the province. The name of the province does take an article: le Québec, au Québec, du Québec, except in the expression Province de Québec. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: كِيبِك (kībik) → English: Quebec → Persian: کبک (kebek) → Portuguese: Quebeque, Quebec == German == === Alternative forms === Quebec Quebeck (archaic) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [keˈbɛk] === Proper noun === Québec n (proper noun, genitive Québecs or (optionally with an article) Québec) Quebec (a province in eastern Canada) Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada) == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French Québec. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /keˈbek/ === Proper noun === Québec m Quebec (a province in eastern Canada) Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada) == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Québec ? alternative form of Quebec: Quebec (a province in eastern Canada) Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada) == Romanian == === Proper noun === Québec n alternative form of Quebec: Quebec (a province in eastern Canada) Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada) == Slovak == === Alternative forms === Quebec === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kebek/, [ˈkebek] Rhymes: -ebek === Proper noun === Québec m inan Quebec (a province in eastern Canada) Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada) ==== Declension ==== === References === “Québec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Proper noun === Québec ? alternative form of Quebec: Quebec (a province in eastern Canada) Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)