QI
French, noun/ky.i/
QI is spelled Q-I (2 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). QI is a French masculine noun meaning “IQ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abréviation de quotient intellectuel”.
What does QI mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineIQ
avoir deux de QI
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abréviation de quotient intellectuel.
noun: 1. Énergie vitale.
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 QI
- Q.I.
- chi
- ki
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce QI?
- /ky.i/
- \ky i\
- \tʃi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to QI
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is QI in French?
QI appears 5.5 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).