Quick French question
Quick French question
How many French words end in <q>, aside from "coq", "cinq", and various names like "Busbecq"?
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https://www.wordmine.info/Search?slang= ... in&sword=Q
It says there are 120, but at a glance a number of them are proper names.
It says there are 120, but at a glance a number of them are proper names.
Re: Quick French question
As far as I know, it's just those. This book from 1815 says only those two words end in Q.
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Interesting how that list includes e.g. vingt-cinq and trente-cinq yet omits both cinquante-cinq and quatre-vingt-cinq.Neon Fox wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2019 2:27 pm https://www.wordmine.info/Search?slang= ... in&sword=Q
It says there are 120, but at a glance a number of them are proper names.
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Re: Quick French question
Everything else aside from coq and cinq seems to be a borrowing (e.g. nasdaq, tamacheq, nunaviumiuq). Romestecq is an old card game (18th or 19th century), but the etymology of the "stecq" part is obscure.