French

Adjective

quel m ‎(feminine singular quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)

1. which

   Quel mec a volé mon pantalon ?

   Which guy stole my trousers?

2. (exclamative) what

   Quelle catastrophe !

   What a catastrophe !

Pronoun

quel m (feminine quelle, masculine plural quels, feminine plural quelles)

1. what

   Quel est son nom ?

   What is his name?

Derived terms

• duquel
• lequel

See also

• qui
• quoi

Italian

Adjective

quel

1. Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• q̃l (abbreviation)

Etymology

From from Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

quel m ‎(feminine singular quelle, masculine plural quelz, feminine plural quelles)

1. which
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 18:

     Si demanda l'ermite a messire Yvain de quel pays il estoit

     Then the hermit asked Sir Ywain from which country he was from

Old French

Etymology

From Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

quel m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular quele)

1. which

Declension

Romansch

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu illu, from Latin eccum illum.

Determiner

quel m ‎(feminine quella)

1. that