ousque
French, adverb
ousque is spelled O-U-S-Q-U-E (6 letters). Ousque is a French adverb meaning “alternative form of oùsque (“where”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, oùsque is a different word: “alternative form of où (interrogative or relative)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Vieilli en Europe) Où est-ce que. – Note d’usage : Utilisé sans inversion sujet-verbe”.
What does ousque mean in English?
adverb
- 1
Quebecdatedalternative form of oùsque (“where”)
adverb
- 1
datedalternative form of où (interrogative or relative)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Où est-ce que. – Note d’usage : Utilisé sans inversion sujet-verbe.
adverb: 1. Où.
adverb: 1. (Vieilli en Europe) Où est-ce que. – Note d’usage : Utilisé sans inversion sujet-verbe.
adverb: 1. Où.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ousque
- où ce que alternative
- ousque alternative
- oùsque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).