quello

Italian

Etymology

Contracted from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwel.lo/
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  • Rhymes: -ello
  • Hyphenation: quél‧lo

Determiner

quello

  1. that, those

Usage notes

  • Adjectival forms:
    • quel: masculine singular before a consonant (except impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z)
    • quello: masculine singular before impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z
    • quell': masculine/feminine singular before a vowel or h
    • quella: feminine singular before a consonant
    • quei: masculine plural before a consonant (except impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z)
    • quegli: masculine plural before a vowel, impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z
    • quelle: feminine plural

Pronoun

quello (feminine singular quella, masculine plural quelli, feminine plural quelle)

  1. that one
  2. those

See also

References

  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 137
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