lesquels
French, pronoun/le.kɛl/
lesquels is spelled L-E-S-Q-U-E-L-S (8 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written French, the 1,809th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lesquels is a French masculine pronoun meaning “which ones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a masculine plural of lequel: (following a preposition) which, that, whom.
What does lesquels mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of lequel: (following a preposition) which, that, whom
Elle préfère les hommes avec lesquels tu sortais.
- 2
masculinewhich ones
Passe-moi les ballons. - Lesquels ? Il y en a de différentes sortes.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce lesquels?
- /le.kɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lesquels in French?
lesquels appears 46 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).