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quelquechose

/ ˈkɛlkəˈʃəʊz /

noun

  1. an insignificant thing; mere trifle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quelquechose1

French, literally: something
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Example Sentences

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It is long odds that a war would bring some M. Quelquechose to the front with a rush.

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They are now blissfully ensconced in Jeanne's country house, and throughout France the middle-aged men are singing a variation on the old Piaf standard: Oui, je regrette quelquechose.

Then there was a large Frenchwoman, Madame la Marquise de Quelquechose, who lent the lustre of her title and her ancestral jewels to our bourgeois board.

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Il donnait la sensation de quelquechose outr�.

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Compair Chivreil si tan sire quelquechose compère Avocat dire lui.

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