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Que

//ˈkjuː// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Chinese surname from Hokkien. Philippines
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Querétaro: a state of Mexico. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    A surname from Catalan.
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of Quebec: a province of Canada. abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of Quebec City: the capital city of Quebec, Canada. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    The name of the Latin script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue. countable, rare, uncountable

    "having lost their own pees and ques, by some pitiful attempt in our alphabetical orchard"

  2. 2
    Clipping of barbeque. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, rare, uncountable

    "Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que, pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice […]"

  3. 3
    Alternative form of queue. South-Asia, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed both from Hokkien 郭 (Keh) and Catalan Qué. Doublet of Quek, Guo, and Kwok.

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