quem
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷem/, [kʷɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwem/, [kwɛm]
Pronoun
editquem
Adjective
editquem
Pronoun
editquem
References
edit- “quem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
editPronoun
editquem
- (Northern) Alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- kem (Internet slang)
- queim (eye dialect, Brazil)
- quẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese quen, from Latin quem, accusative case of interrogative quis (“who?”) and relative quī (“who”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ẽj̃
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃j̃
- Hyphenation: quem
Pronoun
editquem
- (interrogative) who; whom (which person?)
- Quem viu o novo filme?
- Who has seen the new film?
- (relative) who; whom (the person who)
- Não me lembro do nome de quem me ligou.
- I don’t remember the name of the person who called me.
- (indefinite) those who; people who; anyone who
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:quem.
Derived terms
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- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English pronouns
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- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽj̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽj̃/1 syllable
- Portuguese 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃j̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃j̃/1 syllable
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese pronouns
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