qui
French, pronoun/ki/
qui is spelled Q-U-I (3 letters) and appears 7,762 times per million words in written French, the 21st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Qui is a French feminine pronoun meaning “who, whom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles”.
What does qui mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
femininemasculinewho, whom
Tu as vu qui ?
- 2
femininemasculinewho, which, that
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet.
- 3
femininemasculinewhom (after a preposition)
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé.
- 4
femininemasculinehe who, who(m)ever
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée.
- 5
femininemasculinewhat
Qui tu veux manger?
conjunction
- 1
if
interjection
- 1
Used to indicate the cry of a bird.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles. 2. Celui qui, celle qui. 3. Ce qui, en parlant des choses. 4. Celui-ci ; celle-ci ; ceux-ci… celui-là ; celle-là ; ceux-là ; les uns… les autres.
pronoun: 1. Quelle personne ?
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 qui
- ti alternative Louisiana
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce qui?
- /ki/
- /ti/
- \ki\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to qui
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is qui in French?
qui appears 7,762 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).