quei

From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)

1. which

   Quei janre de livre veus-tu aichetai ?

   Which kind of book do you want to buy?

2. (exclamative) what

   Quei caitaistrôphe !

   What a catastrophe!

quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)

1. (rare) what

   Quei ât son nom ?

   What is his name?

• douquei
• lequei
• auquei

• qui
• quoi

quei m pl

1. plural of quel

• Before an impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, y, z, and vowel, and also with the plural noun dei, use quegli instead.

• equi, equi-

• quoi, qoi (even earlier)

From Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.

quei m (Early Latin)

1. (interrogative) who, what, that, which

quei

1. (relative) who, what, that, which

• Latin: quī