que voulez-vousint.

Brit.

/kə ˌvuːleɪˈvuː/, U.S.

/kə ˌvuleɪˈvu/

Forms: 1800s que voulez vous, 1800s– que voulez-vous.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French que voulez-vous.

Etymology: < French que voulez-vous (1830 or earlier), literally ‘what do you want?’ < que (interrogative pronoun) what + voulez , 2nd person plural of vouloir to wish, want (see voulu adj.) + vous you (plural).

Expressing mild exasperation or resignation: ‘what do you expect?’, ‘what can one expect?’.Frequently in representations of the English of a French speaker, or in French contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > expression of irritation [interjection]

when1592

pshaw1607

que voulez-vous1841

psht1868

what the Hanover1902

gah1917

give me strength1923

for crying out loud1924

the mind > emotion > indifference > [phrase] > expression of resignation

que voulez-vous1841

1830 C. Clairmont Let. 28 Mar. in J. Marshall Life & Lett. Mary Shelley (1889) II. xxi. 202 He [sc. Trelawny] receives all his impressions through his heart, I through my head. Que voulez vous? Le moyen de se recontrer when one is bound for the North Pole and the other for the South?]

1841 W. M. Thackeray in Britannia 5 June 363/2 No doubt she was dancing away last night..and finished the morning at the Courtille. Que voulez vous? it is her nature.

1880 G. Gissing Let. 21 Dec. in J. Korg George Gissing (1965) iii. 90 I fear they put me down for a prig, an upstart, an abominable aristocrat, but que voulez-vous?

1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxi. 288 Que voulez-vous, mademoiselle? A train-omnibus stopping at every station is bound to be late.

1945 ‘O. Malet’ My Bird Sings i. v. 37 The poor Comte is hopelessly in love..but que voulez-vous? She will not have him.

1995 Times (Nexis) 22 May I would also have been far happier at the Majestic, slap bang on La Croisette, Cannes' golden mile. But que voulez-vous? This is Festival.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	que voulez-vous
释义	que voulez-vousint. Brit. /kə ˌvuːleɪˈvuː/, U.S. /kə ˌvuleɪˈvu/ Forms: 1800s que voulez vous, 1800s– que voulez-vous. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French que voulez-vous. Etymology: < French que voulez-vous (1830 or earlier), literally ‘what do you want?’ < que (interrogative pronoun) what + voulez , 2nd person plural of vouloir to wish, want (see voulu adj.) + vous you (plural). Expressing mild exasperation or resignation: ‘what do you expect?’, ‘what can one expect?’.Frequently in representations of the English of a French speaker, or in French contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > expression of irritation [interjection] when1592 pshaw1607 que voulez-vous1841 psht1868 what the Hanover1902 gah1917 give me strength1923 for crying out loud1924 the mind > emotion > indifference > [phrase] > expression of resignation que voulez-vous1841 1830 C. Clairmont Let. 28 Mar. in J. Marshall Life & Lett. Mary Shelley (1889) II. xxi. 202 He [sc. Trelawny] receives all his impressions through his heart, I through my head. Que voulez vous? Le moyen de se recontrer when one is bound for the North Pole and the other for the South?] 1841 W. M. Thackeray in Britannia 5 June 363/2 No doubt she was dancing away last night..and finished the morning at the Courtille. Que voulez vous? it is her nature. 1880 G. Gissing Let. 21 Dec. in J. Korg George Gissing (1965) iii. 90 I fear they put me down for a prig, an upstart, an abominable aristocrat, but que voulez-vous? 1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxi. 288 Que voulez-vous, mademoiselle? A train-omnibus stopping at every station is bound to be late. 1945 ‘O. Malet’ My Bird Sings i. v. 37 The poor Comte is hopelessly in love..but que voulez-vous? She will not have him. 1995 Times (Nexis) 22 May I would also have been far happier at the Majestic, slap bang on La Croisette, Cannes' golden mile. But que voulez-vous? This is Festival. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1841
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