English words for 'Pronunciation spelling of Quebec.'
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noun
- (Canada, informal) An English-speaking Quebecer.
- An anglo concertina.
- (Southwestern US, informal, sometimes offensive) A North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
- (Australia, informal) An Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
- An English person or person of English ancestry.
- (nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
name
- (Canada) French speakers in Canada, collectively (often francophonie).
- The International Organization of the Francophonie, an organization of countries having French as an official, first, or important language (in Canada, often the Francophonie or la Francophonie).
- French speakers, collectively; the French-speaking world.
noun
- (Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) An English-Canadian. Used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
- (United States, especially Southern US, Louisiana and Texas, Midwest, Western US) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
- (South Africa) Any of various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
- large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
- small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
verb
name
noun
- (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
- A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
- (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
- (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
adj
noun
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
- (music) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- (rail transport) The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) A French person.
- A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
- (politics, slang, derogatory, Malaysia) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- (fishing) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- a decorative loop of braid or cord
- a person of French descent
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
verb
- (ambitransitive, slang, mildly vulgar) To have sex with; fuck.
- (intransitive) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (ambitransitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.
- (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
- To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
- hunt frogs for food
name
noun
noun
- (Canada, informal) An English-speaking Quebecer.
- An anglo concertina.
- (Southwestern US, informal, sometimes offensive) A North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
- (Australia, informal) An Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
- An English person or person of English ancestry.
- (nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
noun
- (Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) An English-Canadian. Used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
- (United States, especially Southern US, Louisiana and Texas, Midwest, Western US) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
- (South Africa) Any of various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
- large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
- small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
verb
noun
- (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
- A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
- (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
- (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
adj
noun
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
- (music) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- (rail transport) The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) A French person.
- A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
- (politics, slang, derogatory, Malaysia) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- (fishing) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- a decorative loop of braid or cord
- a person of French descent
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
verb
- (ambitransitive, slang, mildly vulgar) To have sex with; fuck.
- (intransitive) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (ambitransitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.
- (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
- To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
- hunt frogs for food
noun
- (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
- A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
- (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
- (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme