quelques
French, adjective/kɛlk/
quelques is spelled Q-U-E-L-Q-U-E-S (8 letters) and appears 562 times per million words in written French, the 143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quelques is a French adjective meaning “plural of quelque (“some”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quelques mean in English?
adjective
- 1
plural of quelque (“some”)
Les rayons des céphéides classiques sont de quelques dizaines à quelques centaines fois celui du Soleil.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. (Avec un cardinal et et) Un petit nombre d’unités, d’objets, comme un cardinal.
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.
How do you pronounce quelques?
- /kɛlk/
- /kɛl.kə.z‿/
- \kɛlk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quelques
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quelques in French?
quelques appears 562 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).