'que
noun
a shortened form of barbecue.
'que
1 American
[kyoo]
/ kyu /
noun
Chiefly California.
Que.
2
American
abbreviation
Que.
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of 'que
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Una ley estatal de 2002 -que tardó casi dos décadas en aplicarse- hizo posible que médicos mexicanos como Perusquia trabajaran en California en medio de una escasez crónica de médicos hispanohablantes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
Igitur is never combined with et, atque, -que, or neque.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Clearly either et or -que was lost, and one or both inserted to restore the metre.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
In utră�que, each, and plēră�que, most, -que is not properly an enclitic; yet these words accent the penult, owing to the influence of their other cases,—ut�rque, utr�mque, plēr�mque.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Accordingly in 1519 he introduced it with the most minute care, even such trivial variations as ac or -que for et being restored.
From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)
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