quid
French, pronoun/kwid/
quid is spelled Q-U-I-D (4 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quid is a French pronoun meaning “what about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’en est-il ?”.
What does quid mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
informalwhat about
Quid de la transparence du programme ?
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Qu’en est-il ?
noun: 1. Ce qu’est une chose.
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 quid?
- /kwid/
- /kɥid/
- \kwid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quid in French?
quid appears 3.2 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).