Part 131

=quantes=, _adj.f.pl._, only employed in the two phrases: _Toutes fois et —_, _toutes et — fois que_; whenever, as often as, (com.) on demand.

=quantième=, _n.m._, day (of the month). _Quel est le — du mois?_ what day of the month is it?

=quantitati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, quantitative.

=quantité=, _n.f._, quantity; variety; deal, number, multitude, abundance, plenty, lot.

=quantum= (koo-an-tom), _n.m._, (_—s_) quantum.

=quarantaine=, _n.f._, about forty; age of forty; quarantine. _Faire la —_; to perform quarantine. _Lever la —_; to admit to pratique. _Purger sa —_; to clear one’s quarantine. _Mettre en —_; to put into coventry.

=quarante=, _n.m._ and _adj._, forty. _Les —_; the members of the French Academy, the forty immortals. _Remettre à l’an —_; to put off till doomsday. _Je m’en moque comme de l’an —_; I don’t care two straws about it.

=quarantie= (-tî), _n.f._, tribunal of the forty (at Venice).

=quarantième= (-tièm), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, fortieth.

=quarderonner=, _v.a._, (arch.) to round off.

=quarre=, =quarré=, =quarreau=, =quarrément=, =quarrer=, =quarrure=. _V._ =carre=, =carré=, etc.

=quart= (kar), _n.m._, quarter, fourth; point (of the compass); quart (measure); (nav.) watch. _Un — d’heure_; a quarter of an hour. _Médire du tiers et du —_; to speak ill of everybody. _— de cercle_; quadrant. _Officier de —_; (nav.) officer of the watch. _Faire son —_; to do one’s watch. _— de nuit_; night-watch. _Faire bon —_; to keep a good lookout. _Le premier —_; the starboard-watch. _Bon —!_ (nav.) all’s well! _— de vent_; point of the compass. _Le — d’heure de Rabelais_; the moment of payment; the crucial moment. _Les trois —s du temps_; generally, most frequently.

=quart=, =-e=, _adj._, fourth; (med.) quartan. _Fièvre —e_; quartan ague, quartan.

=quartaine=, _adj.f._, (pop.) quartan. _Fièvre —_; quartan ague.

=quartan=, _n.m._, (hunt.) fourth year (of wild boars).

=quartanier=, _n.m._, wild boar four years old.

=quartation=, _n.f._, (metal.) quartation.

=quartaut=, _n.m._, octave (cask).

=quarte=, _n.f._, (mus.) fourth; (fenc.) quarte; (piquet) quart; ☉half gallon.

=quartenier=, _n.m._, local police officer.

=quarteron=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, quadroon, quateron.

=quarteron=, _n.m._, the fourth part of a pound, _or_ of a hundred. _Demi-—_; the eighth part of a pound, _or_ of a hundred.

=quartidi= (koo-ar-), _n.m._, Quartidi (fourth day of the decade in the calendar of the first French republic).

=quartier= (-tié), _n.m._, quarter, fourth part; piece, part; block; quarter (of a town, of the moon); ward; district; neighborhood; flap (of a saddle); gammon (of bacon); block (of stone); (arch., her., milit., vet.) quarter; descent; study, form (in schools). _pl._, quarters. _Un — de lard_; half a flitch of bacon. _— de soulier_; quarter of a shoe. _— général_; (milit.) headquarters. _Elève du troisième —_; pupil of the third form. _De —_; (milit.) on duty. _Demander —_; to beg for quarter, for mercy. _Il ne donne point de — à ses débiteurs_; he is eternally dunning his debtors. _On n’y fait — à personne_; they spare nobody there.

=quartier-maître=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (milit., nav.) quartermaster, second-class petty officer.

=quarto=. _V._ =in-quarto=.

=quarto= (kooar-to), _adv._, fourthly, in the fourth place.

=quartz= (kooar-tz), _n.m._, (min.) quartz.

=quartzeu-x=, =-se= (kooa-), _adj._, (min.) quartzose, quartzy.

=quasi=, _n.m._, (cook.) thick end of a loin of veal; chump, chump end.

=quasi=, _adv._, (fam.) almost, nearly; quasi.

=quasi-contrat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) quasi contract, implied contract.

=quasi-délit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) injury caused involuntarily.

=quasiment=, _adv._, almost, nearly, as you would say.

=quasimodo=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) Quasimodo, hunchback (in V. Hugo’s _Notre Dame_). _Dimanche de la —_; Low Sunday.

=quassia= (kooa-), _n.f._, (pharm.) quassia.

=quassier= (kooa-sié), _n.m._, (bot.) stavewood, quassia.

=quater=, _n.m._, C (numeration of houses). _V._ =ter=.

=quaternaire= (kooa-), _adj._, quaternary.

=quaterne=, _n.m._, quaternary; four winning numbers (_V._ =quine=).

=quaterné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) quaternate.

=quatorze=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fourteen, fourteenth.

=quatorzième=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, fourteenth, fourteenth day.

=quatorzièmement=, _adv._, fourteenthly.

=quatrain=, _n.m._, quatrain.

=quatre=, _adj._, four, fourth. _Un de ces — matins_; one of these fine days. _Marcher à — pattes_; to go upon all fours. _Être tiré à — épingles_; to look as if one had just come out of a bandbox. _— à —_; four to four, four abreast; four steps at a time, in great haste, at a furious rate; (in games) four all.

=quatre=, _n.m._, four; fourth. _Se mettre en — pour quelqu’un_; to go through fire for any one. _Crier comme —_; to cry out lustily. _Faire le diable à —_; to kick up a terrible shindy; to exert one’s self to the utmost. _On le tenait à —_; it needed four men to hold him. _Je me tenais à — pour ne pas ..._; it was as much as I could do not to ... _Travailler comme —_; to work like a nigger.

=quatre-temps=, _n.m.pl._, Ember-days.

=quatre-vingtième=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, eightieth.

=quatre-vingts=, _adj._, eighty. _— millions_; eighty millions. _Ils étaient —_; there were eighty of them. _Quatre-vingt-un_; eighty-one. _Quatre-vingt-dix_; ninety. _Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf_; ninety-nine. [_Quatre-vingts_ takes no _s_ when it precedes another number. It likewise takes no _s_ when used in dates of the Christian era: _L’an mil sept cent quatre-vingt_; the year 1780.]

=quatrième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fourth; fourth floor; pupil of the fourth class.

=quatrième=, _n.f._ and _adj._, fourth; fourth class (in schools); (piquet) quart.

=quatrièmement=, _adv._, fourthly.

=quatriennal=, =-e= (-è-n-nal), _adj._, quadrennial.

=quatrillion= (kooa-), _n.m._ _V._ =quadrillion=.

=quatuor= (kooa-), _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) quartet, quartette.

=quayage=, _n.m._, wharfage, keyage.

=que=, _relative pron._, whom, that, which, what. _Qu’est-ce — c’est?_ what is it? _— dites-vous?_ what do you say? _— dit-on de nouveau?_ what news have you to tell us? _Il ne sait — faire_; he does not know what to do. _L’homme — vous voyez_; the man whom you see.

=que=, _conj._, that; how; how much, how many; if; as, when; unless, without; till, until; yet; lest, for fear that; in order that, for; before; since; so; than; let; because; why; only, nothing but. _J’avoue — cela est surprenant_; I confess that this is very surprising. _Afin —_; that, in order that. _De sorte —_; so that. _S’il le souhaite, et — vous le vouliez_; if he desires it, and you also wish it. _Je ne serai point content — je ne le sache_; I shall never rest content until I know it. _Attendez qu’il vienne_; wait till he comes. _Il me verrait périr, qu’il n’en serait pas touché_; even if he were to see me perish, he would not be in the least concerned. _Approchez, — je vous embrasse_; draw near, (in order) that I may kiss you. _N’approchez pas de ce chien, de peur qu’il ne vous morde_; do not go near that dog, lest he should bite you. _Il n’y a qu’une heure qu’il est parti_; he left but an hour ago. _On le régala — rien n’y manquait_; they treated him in such a way that nothing was wanting. _À peine eut-il achevé de parler qu’il expira_; he had hardly done speaking, when he expired. _Le mari est plus raisonnable — la femme_; the husband is more reasonable than the wife. _Plutôt — de le faire_; rather than do it. _Tout savant qu’il est, il a bien peu de jugement_; learned as he is, he has very little judgment. _C’est à la cour qu’on apprend à flatter_; it is at court one learns to flatter. _Qu’il parle_; let him speak. _Je vous assure — cela est ainsi_; I assure you that it is so. _Je doute — cela soit ainsi_; I doubt whether it is so. _C’est une passion dangereuse — le jeu_; gambling is a dangerous passion. _C’est être sage — de vivre ainsi_; it is acting like a wise man to live so. _C’est en vain — je me fatigue_; it is in vain that I toil and moil. _C’est — je ne savais pas — vous y étiez_; the fact is I did not know that you were there. _Il y a dix ans — je l’aime_; I have loved her these last ten years. _Je ne suis pas si fou — de le croire_; I am not such a fool as to believe it. _Il est tout autre — vous ne disiez_; he is quite different from what you said. _— Dieu vous bénisse_; God bless you. _— j’agisse contre ma conscience!_ ask me to act against my conscience! _— vous aimez à parler!_ how fond you are of talking! _Qu’elle est grande!_ how tall she is! _Qu’il y a de sots dans le monde!_ what a lot of fools there are in the world! _Le malheureux qu’il est!_ wretch that he is! _— ne parlez-vous?_ why do you not speak? _— ne fait-il pas pour s’enrichir?_ what does he not do to grow rich? _— ne puis-je vous rendre service!_ would to God that I could serve you! _— n’ai-je le temps!_ oh, that I had the time! _Je ne sors point — je ne m’enrhume_; I never go out without catching cold. _Je n’ai — faire de_; I have no business with, I have nothing to do with; I have no need of. _Je n’ai — faire de vous dire_; I need not tell you. _Il ne fait — boire et manger_; he does nothing but eat and drink. _Nous ne faisons — de commencer_; we are only just beginning. _Je dis — oui_; I say yes. _Il croit — non_; he thinks not. _Je gage — si_; I bet you it is so. _Allez, sot — vous êtes_; go, blockhead that you are. _Le moyen — je souffre cela?_ how can I bear that? _Ce n’est pas trop — cela_; that’s not too much. _Ce — c’est que la vie!_ what a strange thing life is! _La belle chose — d’être riche!_ how nice it is to be rich!

=quel=, =-le=, _adj._, what. _— homme est-ce?_ what sort of a man is he? _—le heure est-il?_ what o’clock is it? _—le pitié!_ what a pity! _le taille!_ what a figure! _—le que soit votre intention_; whatever your intention may be. _— qu’il soit_; whatever he be, whoever he be, whatever it is. _Tel —_; indifferent, so so.

=quelconque=, _adj._, whatever, any; any whatsoever. _D’une manière —_; in any way whatever, anyhow. _Une raison —_; any reason whatever.

☉=quellement= (kèl-mān), _adv._ _Tellement —_; indifferently, so so.

=quelque=, _adj._, some, any, a few, odd; whatever, whatsoever. _Adressez-vous à — autre_; apply to somebody else. _— jour_; some day or other. _Il y a —s années_; some years ago. _J’ai —s amis dans cette ville_; I have a few friends in this town. _— part_; somewhere. _— peu d’argent_; some little money. _—s efforts que vous fassiez_; whatever efforts you make. _En — lieu qu’il soit_; wherever he is. _En — temps que ce soit_; at any time.

=quelque=, _adv._, however, howsoever; some, about. _— riches qu’ils soient_; however rich they may be. _— centaines de livres_; a few hundred pounds. _— cent francs_; about a hundred francs.

=quelquefois=, _adv._, sometimes.

=quelques-uns=, _n.m.pl._, =-unes=, _n.f.pl._, some, some people; any; a few.

=quelqu’un=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, somebody, some one; anybody, any one.

=quémander=, _v.n._, to beg, to beg for, to go a-begging, to solicit.

=quémanderie=, _n.f._, begging, solicitation.

=quémandeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, importunate beggar.

=qu’en-dira-t-on=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) public talk, tittle-tattle. _Se moquer du —_; to ignore what people say.

=quenelle=, _n.f._, (cook.) forcemeat ball.

=quenotte=, _n.f._, (fam.) tooth (of young children).

*=quenouille=, _n.f._, distaff; bed-post; tree cut in the form of a distaff. _— de lit_; bedpost. _A —s_; four-post. _En —_; like a distaff. _Tomber en —_; to fall to the female line. _Coiffer une —_; to cover a distaff.

*=quenouillée=, _n.f._, distaff-ful.

*=quenouillette=, _n.f._, a small distaff; (bot.) distaff-thistle. _—s de la poupe_; (nav.) stern-timbers.

=quérable=, _adj._, (jur.) demandable (of a debt).

=quercitron=, _n.m._, (bot.) quercitron.

=querelle=, _n.f._, quarrel, quarreling, row, brawl, broil, wrangling. _— d’Allemand_; groundless quarrel. _Faire une — à_; to quarrel with. _Chercher — à_; to pick a quarrel with. _Vider une —_; to settle a quarrel. _Susciter une — à_; to raise a quarrel. _Ne pas épouser une —_; not to take up any one’s quarrel.

=quereller=, _v.a._, to quarrel with, to pick a quarrel with, to scold.

_se_ =quereller=, _v.r._, to quarrel, to wrangle, to have words.

=quereller=, _v.n._, to quarrel, to wrangle.

=querelleu-r=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, quarrelsome; quarreler, wrangler.

☉=quérir=, _v.a._, to fetch. [Only employed in the infinitive with _aller_, _envoyer_, _venir_.] _Aller —_; to go and fetch. _Envoyer —_; to send for.

=questeur= (kuès-), _n.m._, questor.

=question= (kès-tion), _n.f._, question, interrogation; query, rack, torture; point, issue; (jur.) issue; question (torture). _Faire une —_; to ask a question. _De quoi est-il —?_ what’s the matter? _Résoudre une —_; to solve a question. _Sortir de la —_; to wander from the question. _Si c’est une — à faire_; if it is a fair question. _Il est — de_; it is in contemplation to (_i.e._ intended to). _Après cela il fut — de moi_; then my affair came up. _Mettre en —_; to question; to call in question, to doubt. _Mettre à la —_; to put to the rack, to torture.

=questionnaire= (kès-tio-nèr), _n.m._, examination questions; book of questions; torturer, tormentor.

=questionner= (kès-tio-né), _v.a._, to question, to interrogate; to ask questions.

=questionneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, questioner, querist. _adj._, inquisitive.

=questure= (kuès-), _n.f._, questorship; questors’ office.

=quête=, _n.f._, quest, search, collection, offertory, gathering; (hunt.) beating about; (nav.) rake. _Se mettre en — de_; to go in quest of.

=quêter=, _v.a._ and _n._, to go in quest, _or_ search, of; to gather _or_ collect; to beg, _or_ ask, for; to make a collection; to canvass; (hunt.) to search.

=quêteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, collector, gatherer, mendicant (friar).

=queue= (keû), _n.f._, tail; stalk, stem; (l.u.) hone; hogshead; end, extremity; rear; (of documents) label; billiard-cue; handle (of a frying-pan, of mills); train (of robes, gowns); file, string (of persons). _—-d’aronde_, (_—s-—_) (carp.) dovetail. _—-de-chat cirrus_; curl-cloud; mare’s tail. _— écourtée_; bobtail. _—-de-cheval_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) horse-tail. _—-de lion_, (_—s-—_) (bot.) lion’s-tail; motherwort. _—-de-pourceau_; (bot.) hog’s-fennel. _Demi-—_, (_—s-—_) half a hogshead. _La — d’un paon_; a peacock’s train. _La — d’une robe_; the train of a gown. _— de moulin_; mill-handle. _— de poêle_; handle of a frying-pan. _La — de l’armée_; the rear of the army. _Avoir les ennemis en —_; to have the enemy at one’s heels. _Il est à la —_; he is behind, at the bottom of the class. _Faire —_; to stand in a line. _Faire la — à_; to take in, to deceive. _On fait — au théâtre_; there is a crowd at the doors. _À —-d’aronde_; (carp.) dovetailed. _À la — leu leu_, _V._ =leu=. _Faire fausse —_; to miscue (billiards).

=queussi-queumi=, _adv._, neither more nor less, neither better nor worse, just the same.

=queuter=, _v.n._, to strike two balls at once, _or_ together; to make a foul stroke.

=queux= _or_ =queue= (keû), _n.f._, hone, whetstone.

☉=queux=, _n.m._, cook. _Grand —_, _maître —_; head cook; restaurateur.

=qui=, _relative pron._, who, whoever, whom, whomsoever, which, that; what; some. _L’homme — pense_; the man who thinks. _Les chevaux — tirent_; the horses that draw. _De — parle-t-il?_ whom is he speaking of? _À — est ce livre?_ whose book is this? _Dites-moi —_; tell me who. _Je ne sais pas —_; I don’t know who. _C’est à — l’aura_; it is to who will have it. _C’était à —_; they vied with one another as to who. _— pis est_; what is worse. _— plus est_; what is more. _Je sais — vous voulez dire_; I know whom you mean. _— est là?_ who’s there? _— d’entre vous oserait?_ which of you would dare? _Ils étaient dispersés — çà, — là_; they were dispersed some one way, some another. _— que ce soit_, _— que ce puisse être_; whoever, whosoever it be. _Je n’ai vu — que ce soit_; I saw nobody, not a soul. _Il ne se défiait de — que ce fût_; he mistrusted nobody. _— que ce soit, il s’en repentira_; let him be who he will, he shall rue it. _À — est-ce à?_ whose turn is it to? _À — est?_ whose is? _or_ to whom is? _À — le tour?_ whose turn is it? _Pour — connaît_; to any one who knows. _— s’excuse, s’accuse_; a guilty conscience needs no accuser.

=quia= (kui-a), _adv._, (l.u.) naught. _Être à —_; to be at a loss, to be at a stand, to be nonplused. _Mettre à —_; to nonplus, to silence.

=quibus= (kui-bus), _n.m._, (pop.) property, wealth, needful cash, tin. _Avoir du —_; to be flush of money.

=quiconque= (ki-kōnk), pron., whoever, whosoever; whomsoever, whichever.

=quida-m= (ki-dān), _n.m._, =-ne= (ki-da-n), _n.f._, (jur.) quidam; a certain individual; a certain person, one, some fellow.

=quiddité= (kuid-di-té), _n.f._, quiddity.

=quiescence=, _n.f._, quiescence.

=quiescent=, =-e= (kui-), _adj._, quiescent.

=quiétisme=, _n.m._, quietism (the doctrine of).

=quiétiste=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, quietist.

=quiétude=, _n.f._, quietude.

*=quignon=, _n.m._, (fam.) hunch (large piece).

☉*=quillage=, _n.m._, keelage. _V._ =ancrage=.

*=quille=, _n.f._, skittle, nine-pin; (nav.) keel. _Jeu de —s_; game of skittles, set of skittles; skittle-ground _or_ alley. _Donner à quelqu’un son sac et ses —s_; to send any one packing. _Recevoir quelqu’un comme un chien dans un jeu de —s_; to receive any one like a dog. _Trousser ses —s_; to cut one’s sticks.

*=quiller=, _v.n._, to throw for partners, _or_ for first play (at skittles).

*=quillette=, _n.f._, osier cutting.

*=quillier=, _n.m._, skittle-ground.

*=quilloir=, _n.m._, (nav.) reel-stick.

*=quillon=, _n.m._, cross-bar (of a sword).

=quina=, _n.m._ _V._ =quinquina=.

=quinaire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) quinarius.

=quinaire= (kui-), _adj._, (math.) quinary.

☉=quinaud=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =penaud=.

*=quincaille=, _n.f._, ironmongery, hardware; (fig.) trash, gimcrack.

*=quincaillerie=, _n.f._, ironmongery, hardware.

*=quincaillier=, _n.m._, ironmonger, hardwareman.

=quinconce=, _n.m._, quincunx.

=quindécagone= (kuin-), _n.m._, (geom.) quindecagon.

=quindécemvir= (kuin-dé-sèm-vir), _n.m._, quindecemvir.

=quindécemvirat=, _n.m._, quindecemvirate.

=quine=, _n.m._, two fives (trictrac); five winning numbers (in a lottery). _Avoir la —_; to be in for (anything). _Gagner la —_; to win the big prize.

=quinine=, _n.f._, quinine.

=quinola=, _n.m._, knave of hearts (reversi).

=quinquagénaire= (kuin-koua-), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person fifty years old; fifty years old.

=quinquagésime= (kuin-koua-), _n.f._, Quinquagesima.

☉=quinque= (kuin-kué), _n.m._, (mus.) quintet.

=quinquédenté=, =-e= (kuin-kué-), _adj._, (bot.) quinquedentate.

=quinquennal=, =-e= (kuin-kuèn-nal), _adj._, quinquennial.

☉=quinquennium=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) a five years’ course of philosophy and theology.

=quinquenove=, _n.m._, a game at dice.

=quinquerce= (kuin-kuèrs), _n.m._, (antiq.) quinquertium.

=quinquérème= (kuin-kué-), _n.f._, (nav.) quinquereme.

=quinquet=, _n.m._, Argand lamp; lamp, common oil lamp.

=quinquina=, _n.m._, quinquina; Peruvian bark; (bot.) cinchona; tonic wine, appetizer.

=quint=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (l.u.) fifth. _Charles-—_; Charles the Fifth. _Sixte-—_; Sixtus the Fifth.

=quintaine=, _n.f._, (man.) quintain.

=quintal=, _n.m._, quintal, hundred-weight.

=quintan=, _n.m._, (man.) quintain (to tilt at).

=quintane=, _adj._, quintan, of five days (of fevers).

=quinte=, _n.f._, (mus.) fifth; quint (piquet); fit (of coughing); freak, whim; (fenc.) quinte; tenor violin; (man.) dead stop.

=quinte=, _adj.f._, of five days (of fevers). _Fièvre —_; a five-day fever. _V._ =quintane=.

*=quintefeuille=, _n.f._, (bot.) cinque-foil.

=quintessence=, _n.f._, quintessence; marrow; (fig.) pith; essential part.

=quintessencier=, _v.a._, to draw the quintessence out of; to refine, to be critical; to subtilize.

=quintette= (kuin-tèt), _n.m._, (mus.) quintet, quintette.

=quinteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fanciful, whimsical; crotchety; making dead stops, jibbing (of a horse).

=quintidi= (kuin-), _n.m._, Quintidi (fifth day of the decade in the calendar of the first French republic).

=quintillion=, _n.m._, trillion.

=quintuple= (kuin-), _n.m._ and _adj._, quintuple, fivefold.

=quintupler= (kuin-), _v.a._, to quintuple, to increase fivefold.

=quinzain=, _n.m._, fifteen each (at tennis).

=quinzaine=, _n.f._, about fifteen; fortnight.

=quinze=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fifteen; fifteenth. _— jours_; fortnight. _D’aujourd’hui en —_; this day fortnight. _Il y a eu hier — jours_; yesterday fortnight. _Il y a eu Dimanche — jours_; last Sunday fortnight. _De Lundi en —_; next Monday fortnight. _Les —-vingts_; Quinze-Vingts, hospital in Paris (for three hundred blind men). _Un —-vingts_; an inmate of Quinze-Vingts.

=quinzième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, fifteenth; fifteenth day; (mus.) fifteenth.

=quinzièmement=, _adv._, fifteenthly, in the fifteenth place.

=quiproquo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) quid pro quo, mistake, blunder.

=quittance=, _n.f._, receipt, discharge. _— pour solde de compte_; receipt in full.

=quittancer=, _v.a._, to receipt.

=quitte=, _adj._, discharged (from debt); quit, quits, clear; free, rid. _Jouer à — ou double_; to play double or quits. _Tenir —_; to release, to disengage. _Je suis — d’un grand embarras_; I am rid of a great deal of trouble. _Je vous tiens — de votre parole_; I release you from your word. _Vous n’en serez pas — à si bon marché_; you shall not come off so cheaply. _Il en fut — pour la peur_; he got off with a good fright. _J’irai — à être grondé_; I shall go, even if I get scolded. _Être — envers quelqu’un_; to owe no one anything; to be even with any one.

=quittement=, _adv._, (jur.) entirely, without debt or incumbrance.

=quitter=, _v.a._, to quit, to leave, to part with; to leave off, to take off; to lay aside, to desist from; to give up, to give over; to depart (life). _Je vous quitte pour un instant_; I leave you for a moment. _— père et mère_; to leave father and mother. _— ses habits_; to take off one’s clothes. _— une charge_; to give up a post. _J’aime mieux — que disputer_; I would rather give up than wrangle (over it). _Il a quitté le service_; he has left the service. _— le commerce_; to give up business. _— la chasse_; to give up hunting. _— la partie_; to give up the game. _Qui quitte la partie la perd_; who leaves off the game, loses. _Ne pas — des yeux_; not to take one’s eyes off.

=quitus= (kui-tus), _n.m._, (_—_) (fin.) discharge.

=qui va là?= _or_ =qui-va-là=, _n.m._, who goes there? _Avoir réponse à —_; to be stopped by no difficulty; to have an answer always ready.

=qui vive?= _or_ =qui-vive=, _n.m._, (milit.) challenge-word; who goes there? _Être sur le —_; to keep a good look-out; to be on the qui vive, _or_ on the alert.

=quoailler=, _v.n._, (of a horse) to swish its tail.

=quoi=, _pron._, which, what. _— que vous disiez_; whatever you may say, in short, to speak plainly; of course, to be sure. _Dites-moi en — je puis vous servir_; tell me in what way I can serve you. _C’est en — vous vous trompez_; you are mistaken in that. _À — passez-vous le temps?_ how do you spend your time? _À — bon tant de façons?_ why so much ceremony? _À propos de —?_ on what occasion? with respect to what? _Avoir de —_; (pop.) to be rich. _Il n’y a pas de —_; it is not worth mentioning; don’t mention it! _— qu’il en soit_; be that as it may. _Nous avons de — le faire_; we have the means to do it. _Avoir de —_; to have sufficient. _Il n’y a pas de — pleurer_; it is not worth crying about. _Il n’y a pas de — rire_; it is no laughing matter. _Le je ne sais —_; the “indescribable” something.

=quoi!= _int._, what! how! _—, vous avez fait cela?_ what! have you done that? _— donc, vous osez me résister en face!_ how then! dare you resist me openly?

=quoi-que=, _conj._, whatever.

=quoique=, _conj._, although, though. _Quoiqu’il soit pauvre_; although he is poor.

=quolibet=, _n.m._, quibble, pun, sorry joke.