单词 | québécois |
释义 | Québécoisn.adj. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Quebec, esp. one who is French-Canadian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [noun] > parts of Newfoundlander1611 mountainer1625 Acadian1705 Quebecker1775 bluenose1785 Labradorian1818 Nova Scotian1829 British Columbian1859 Québécois1862 Bluenoser1863 Torontonian1875 Montrealer1877 Winnipegger1882 Ontarian1883 novy1897 Yukonerc1898 herring choker1899 Maritimer1931 Newfie1942 Newfier1942 Spud Islander1957 Newf1958 1862 R. F. Burton City of Saints (ed. 2) iii. 141 It was also built of timber..about a year ago, by Louis Guenot, a Quebecquois, who has passed the last twelve years upon the plains. 1873 J. M. LeMoine Maple Leaves 171 The County and town of Joliette preserve the name of another distinguished Canadian, a Québecquois, Louis Joliette. 1886 Cent. Mag. Oct. 944/2 Why is St. Joseph so popular in the streets and neighborhood of Quebec, as well as in the hearts of Quebecois? 1947 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 31 274 The Québecois wear plain wooden heels and clop on the narrow sidewalks as constantly as the horses. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 June 634/3 M Étheir-Blais is a Franco-Ontarian, not a Québécois. 2003 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 May 4/4 Only a small minority of Quebecois support outright independence for their province. 2. The variety of French spoken in Quebec. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > French > varieties of Gascon1642 Walloon1642 langue d'oïla1682 Limousin1706 Picard1758 Scottish-French1789 Negro-French1819 Poitevin1845 Acadian French1850 Anglo-French1862 Swiss-French1941 Québécois1952 Lyonnais1955 Norman French1990 1952 French Rev. 25 297 When I reach the point where I can understand the children playing in the streets, I shall be satisfied. I shall know that I have mastered québecois. 1963 Maclean's 6 Apr. 23/1 Her French sounds more Parisian than what we who don't speak French well call Quebecois. 1991 D. Richler Kicking Tomorrow vi. 98 It becomes suddenly inexplicably hilarious to him that in Québéçois the word for being stoned is gelée, which means frozen. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Quebec, its inhabitants, or the variety of French spoken there. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Canada Québécois1938 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [adjective] > parts of Acadian1746 Acadian French1798 Québécois1938 Newf1971 1938 Winnipeg Free Press 17 June 5/3 Mr. Gouin is thoroughly Quebecois. 1954 T. H. Raddall Muster of Arms 135 She was speaking in English but the mind behind the tongue was Quebecois. 1978 Maledicta 2 61 For the most part, Québecois imprecations flourished on the spot in response to the needs of a people living in conditions of moral and material misery. 1994 S. Butala Perfection of Morning ii. 31 My Québécois and Acadian relatives have been in Canada since the mid-seventeenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1862 |
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