quelque-chose
[ kel-kuh-shohz ]
/ ˌkɛl kəˈʃoʊz /
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noun
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Nearby words
- quelimane,
- quell,
- queller,
- quellung reaction,
- quelpart,
- quelquechose,
- quemoy,
- quena,
- quench,
- quenching
Origin of quelque-chose
< French: something
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Examples from the Web for quelque-chose
D'autre part, l'emploi de l'assonnance a quelque-chose de rtrograde qui froisse les vrais dmocrates.
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