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Date "QUI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
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. |
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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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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) | |
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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. |
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| "Super Hockeyeur" by Michaël Claude Commentary: "Un hockeyeur suisse qui sera bientot hockeyeur NHL ! .. -> A swiss hockeyplayer soon hockeyplayer NHL !." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
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) |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 41.94% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Unclassified Items | 25% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (singular) | 22.58% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.87% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.61% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 124 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
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| 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. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O speirwn ton logon speirei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui seminat verbum seminat |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Se þe sawð. word he sawð. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | He that sowith, sowith a word. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The sower soweth ye worde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The sower soweth the word. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The sower soweth the word. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The seed is the word. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Ang gisabud sa magpupugas mao ang pulong. |
| Croatian | Sijaè sije Rijeè. |
| Danish | Sædemanden sår Ordet. |
| Dutch | De zaaier is, die het Woord zaait. |
| Finnish | Kylväjä kylvää sanan. |
| French | Le semeur sème la parole. |
| Gaelic | Esan a tha cur, tha e cur an fhacail. |
| German | Der Sämann sät das Wort. |
| Hungarian | A magvetõ az ígét hinti. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Penabur itu adalah orang yang menyiarkan berita dari Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun penabur itu, ialah yang menabur Perkataan. |
| Italian | Il seminatore semina la parola. |
| Latvian | Tas, kas sçj, sçj vârdu. |
| Maori | Ko te kairui e rui ana i te kupu. |
| Norwegian | Såmannen sår ordet. |
| Portuguese | O semeador semeia a palavra. |
| Rumanian | Sqmqnqtorul samqnq Cuvkntul. |
| Russian | уЕСФЕМШ УМПЧП УЕЕФ. |
| Shuar | Atsaamniua nuka Yus-Chichaman étserna nuna nakumui. |
| Spanish | El sembrador siembra la palabra. |
| Swahili | Mpanzi hupanda neno la Mungu. |
| Swedish | Vad såningsmannen sår är ordet. |
| Uma | Topohawu', hira' -mi tauna to mpoparata Lolita Alata'ala. |
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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). | |
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. | |
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