quebec

CEFRB2

/kwɪˈbɛk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A province of Canada or its capital city.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Other places elsewhere:, A village in the town of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, United States.

Examples

  • French from Quebec is spoken by more than 7 million speakers.

  • We guarantee the cheapest price for a French language school in Quebec, Canada.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Quebec from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

More examples

In context

  • Quebec's blatantly discriminatory and hateful law was upheld by the Quebec Superior Court.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

During the Seven Years' War, the British army captured the city blank, a major French fortress in Canada.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek. It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city preceded that of the province.