quelconque
French, determiner/kɛl.kɔ̃k/
quelconque is spelled Q-U-E-L-C-O-N-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quelconque is a French feminine determiner meaning “any, any which one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quelconque mean in English?
determiner
- 1
femininemasculineany, any which one
adjective
- 1
indeterminate; some, any
- 2
derogatorynondescript, ordinary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Quel que ce soit ; quel qu’il soit, quelle qu’elle soit. 2. Quel qu’il soit, quelle qu’elle soit. 3. Qui est ordinaire, sans caractère particulier ou sans distinction.
noun: 1. Personnage tout à fait ordinaire ; quidam.
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 quelconque
- quelconques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quelconque?
- /kɛl.kɔ̃k/
- \kɛl.kɔ̃k\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quelconque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quelconque in French?
quelconque appears 20 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).