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QUI

Date "QUI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: QUI

DomainDefinition

Literature

Qui To give a man the qui. When a man in the printing business has had notice to quit, his fellow-workmen say they "have given him the qui." Here qui is the contraction of quietus (discharge). (See Quietus .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: QUI

Specialty definitions using "QUI": Qui s'Excuse, s'Accuse, Qui Vive?. (references)
Etymologies containing "QUI": Quota. (references)
Non-English Usage: "QUI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (that, which, which one, who, whom), French Canadian (who), Italian (here, hither, this way, where), Latin (all that, any, anyone, anything that, be able, everyone who, how in what way / somehow / wherewith, Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see., nisi, numquid, some, someone, something, that, what, what kind of, what man, what thing, whatever, which, which one, who, WHO loved a milkmaid), Portuguese (African mahogany, white mahogany).

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Modern Usage: QUI

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Avec qui tout partager (Someone I love, Someone who loves me; performing artist: Dion)

Quelqu'un qui m'aime (Someone I love, Someone who loves me; performing artist: Dion)

Qui sont tendus vers moi (Someone I love, Someone who loves me; performing artist: Dion)

Qui te mènera plus loin (Humana; performing artist: Fabian)

Qui tous les jours pareil (Humana; performing artist: Fabian)

Movie/TV Titles

Mais qu'est-ce qui fait courir les femmes à Madrid? (1974)

L' Homme qui voulait violer le monde (1974)

Le Jardin qui bascule (1974)

Un homme qui dort (1974)

Qui perd gagne (1974)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: QUI

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: QUI

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: QUI

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Je le connais, ma chère, c'est un jeune médecin qui promet... / Par Draner. [i.e. Jules Renard]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Inconvénient de tomber sur un opérateur qui travaille avec trop d'activité. / Cham [i.e. Amédée Noé]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Underway, prior to World War I. Acquired by the Navy on 22 June 1917, she was commissioned as USS Qui Vive (SP-1004) and served as a hospital boat at Norfolk, Virginia. She was returned to her owner on 7 June 1919. Credit: NAVY.

Map of the coast of Virginia in 1585] / autore Ioanne With ; sculptore Theodore de Brÿ qui et excud. Credit: Library of Congress.

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotisme et les abus du regne feodal qui terrassaient le peuple. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dosoris 2, Qui Vive, [and] Dipper. Credit: Library of Congress.

Qui Vive. Credit: Library of Congress.

Qui calcule prévoit. Qui prévoit souscrit á l'Emprunt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Le bon feu 1914-1915-1916. N'oubliez pas ceux qui ont froid. Credit: Library of Congress.

Emprunt National 1918. Souscrivez pour la victoire qui vient!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: QUI
 

"Super Hockeyeur" by Michaël Claude
Commentary: "Un hockeyeur suisse qui sera bientot hockeyeur NHL ! .. -> A swiss hockeyplayer soon hockeyplayer NHL !."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Historic Usage: QUI

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Semper enim ex divinis id obstat, Regem honorificato; & qui potestati resistit, Dei ordinationi resisit: non alias igitur in eum populo potestas est quam si id committat propter quod ipso jure rex esse desinat. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: QUI

"QUI" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 41.94% of the time. "QUI" is used about 124 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)41.94%5247,145
Unclassified Items25%3162,296
Noun (singular)22.58%2865,706
Noun (proper)8.87%11106,044
Adjective (general or positive)1.61%2245,945
                    Total100.00%124N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: QUI

Expressions using "QUI": ame qui vive be on the qui vive bene qui latuit bene vixit chose qui plait est a demi vendue dimidium facti qui coepit habet felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim Interjection: sauve qui peut! Lac qui Parle County ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort nusquam est qui ubique est on the qui vive palmam qui meruit ferat qui docet discit qui doet discet qui n'a pas invente' la poudre qui vive qui vive? To be on the qui vive tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "QUI": qui-ick.

Ending with "QUI": ma-qui.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: QUI

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

qui

124

je qui suis

6

qui tam

67

qui tam whistleblower law

6

des gagner millions qui veut

38

baise blonde qui

6

donc qui

25

nam nhon qui viet

6

qui shu

24

lhomme qui plantait des arbres

6

qui nhon

21

magazine qui

6

fait qui quoi

18

dong qui

5

la qui rit vache

17

lac qui parle

5

qui tam attorney

15

quit qui oc

5

qui gon jinn

14

ct qui

5

honi mal pense qui soit y

14

des gagner millions qui veux

5

qui gon

12

des en entreprises fabrique inox les qui tube

5

entreprises qui recrutent

12

ce fort ne pas plus qui rend tue

5

gong qui

11

qui rit vache

4

qui vive

10

jinn qui wallpaper

4

bosse france la qui

10

qui tam georgia

4

chien fume qui

9

atlanta qui tam

4

qui tam lawyer

9

droit le parole qui

4

droit le qui

7

pro qui quo

4

don qui

7

honni mal pense qui soit y

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: QUI

Language Translations for "QUI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

syhaour (on the qui vive), në përgjim (on the qui vive). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

résen áll (be on one's guard against, be on the qui vive, to be on guard, to be on the lookout, to be on the qui vive, to stand on guard, to stand on one's guard), figyel (attend, hark, listen, reck, to be all there, to be on the qui vive, to hearken, to listen, to monitor, to observe, to regard, to ride herd, to screw, watch). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

waspada (attentive, vigilant, watchful, wide awake). (various references)

   

Manx

  

er dty hwoaie (qui vive, weather eye). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iquay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

настороже (on the alert, on the qui vive). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

na oprezu (alert: on the alert, qui vive: on the qui vive, watchful). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estar ojo alerta (be on the alert, be on the qui vive). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

på sin vakt (on the qui vive, wary). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

хто йде? (qui vive?). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

on the $qui_vive$ giữ thế (qui vive), giữ miếng (qui vive), cảnh giác (flew, fly, qui vive, vigilant, wary, watchful). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: QUI

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 4, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO speirwn ton logon speirei
Latin405VulgateQui seminat verbum seminat
Old English990West SaxonSe þe sawð. word he sawð.
Middle English1395WyclifHe that sowith, sowith a word.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe sower soweth ye worde.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe sower soweth the word.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe sower soweth the word.
Basic English1964OgdenThe seed is the word.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: QUI

LanguageMark Chapter 4, Verse 14
CebuanoAng gisabud sa magpupugas mao ang pulong.
CroatianSijaè sije Rijeè.
DanishSædemanden sår Ordet.
DutchDe zaaier is, die het Woord zaait.
FinnishKylväjä kylvää sanan.
FrenchLe semeur sème la parole.
GaelicEsan a tha cur, tha e cur an fhacail.
GermanDer Sämann sät das Wort.
HungarianA magvetõ az ígét hinti.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPenabur itu adalah orang yang menyiarkan berita dari Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAdapun penabur itu, ialah yang menabur Perkataan.
ItalianIl seminatore semina la parola.
LatvianTas, kas sçj, sçj vârdu.
MaoriKo te kairui e rui ana i te kupu.
NorwegianSåmannen sår ordet.
PortugueseO semeador semeia a palavra.   
RumanianSqmqnqtorul samqnq Cuvkntul.
RussianуЕСФЕМШ УМПЧП УЕЕФ.
ShuarAtsaamniua nuka Yus-Chichaman étserna nuna nakumui.
SpanishEl sembrador siembra la palabra.
SwahiliMpanzi hupanda neno la Mungu.
SwedishVad såningsmannen sår är ordet.
UmaTopohawu', hira' -mi tauna to mpoparata Lolita Alata'ala.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: QUI

Derivations

Words beginning with "QUI": quibble, quibbled, quibbler, quibblers, quibbles, quibbling, quiche, quiches, quick, quicken, quickened, quickener, quickeners, quickening, quickens, quicker, quickest, quickie, quickies, quicklime, quicklimes, quickly, quickness, quicknesses, quicks, quicksand, quicksands, quickset, quicksets, quicksilver, quicksilvers, quickstep, quicksteps, quid, quiddities, quiddity, quidnunc, quidnuncs, quids, quiescence, quiescences, quiescent, quiescently, quiet, quieted, quieten, quietened, quietening, quietens, quieter, quieters. (additional references)

Words ending with "QUI": alfaqui, charqui, maqui, ololiuqui, yanqui. (additional references)

Words containing "QUI": acequia, acequias, acquiesce, acquiesced, acquiescence, acquiescences, acquiescent, acquiescently, acquiesces, acquiescing, acquirable, acquire, acquired, acquirement, acquirements, acquirer, acquirers, acquires, acquiring, acquisition, acquisitional, acquisitions, acquisitive, acquisitively, acquisitiveness, acquisitivenesses, acquisitor, acquisitors, acquit, acquits, acquittal, acquittals, acquittance, acquittances, acquitted, acquitter, acquitters, acquitting, alfaquin, alfaquins, alfaquis, anthraquinone, anthraquinones, antimosquito, antiquing, antiquities, antiquity, aquiculture, aquicultures, aquifer, aquiferous. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: QUI

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "i-q-u"
 

+1 letter: quai, quid, quin, quip, quit, quiz.

 

+2 letters: equid, equip, fique, maqui, pique, quail, quais, quasi, quick, quids, quiet, quiff, quill, quilt, quins, quint, quips, quipu, quire, quirk, quirt, quite, quits, quoin, quoit, squib, squid, umiaq.

 

+3 letters: acquit, bisque, caique, cinque, cirque, clique, cliquy, diquat, equids, equine, equips, equity, faquir, fiques, liquid, liquor, maquis, piqued, piques, piquet, qiviut, quaich, quaigh, quails, quaint, qualia, quiche, quicks, quiets, quiffs, quills, quilts, quince, quinic, quinin, quinoa, quinol, quinsy, quinta, quinte, quints, quippu, quipus, quired, quires, quirks, quirky, quirts, quitch, quiver, quoins, quoits, requin, risque, sequin, squibs, squids, squill, squint, squire, squirm, squirt, squish, ubique, umiaqs, unique, yanqui.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Bible Trace
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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