/ke.be.kwa/
Translation
from Quebec, Québécois
Word origin
From Québec, the place name, itself from an Algonquian word meaning 'where the river narrows', referring to the point where the Saint Lawrence River narrows near Quebec City.
- Origin
- Algonquian
- Root
- kébec
Grammar
Examples
J' l' , .
I love the Québécois accent, it's very different from the French of France.
poutine.
Québécois cuisine offers dishes like poutine.
chanteuse Canada.
This Québécois singer is very popular in Canada.
The masculine singular already ends in -s, so it doesn't change in the plural: accent , accents . As with other nationality adjectives, lowercase for the adjective ( ) but capitalised for a person ( ).
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