Quebec

See also: quebec, Québec, and Quê-béc

Translingual

Quebec [1]
Quebec [2]
Quebec [3]

Alternative forms

• quebec, QUEBEC

Etymology

Borrowed from English Quebec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛˈbɛk]

Noun

Quebec

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter Q.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter Q.
3. (time zone) UTC−04:00

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes

Alfa

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

Foxtrot

Golf

Hotel

India

Juliett

Kilo

Lima

Mike

November

Oscar

Papa

Quebec

Romeo

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

Victor

Whiskey

Xray

Yankee

Zulu

zero

one

two

three (tree)

four (fower)

five (fife)

six

seven

eight

nine (niner)

hundred

thousand

decimal

Translations

the letter "Q" in a national spelling alphabet

• Czech: Quido
• English: Queen
• Estonian: Quebec (et)
• Finnish: kuu (fi)
• Italian: Quarto (it)
• Swedish: Qvintus (sv)

English

Massifs du Québec location map

Entering Quebec, Co. Durham

Alternative forms

• Québec (see usage notes there)
• Kebec (archaic)

Etymology

From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek^[1]; compare Proto-Algonquian *kepahikani (“obstruction”). It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city preceded that of the province.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kwəˈbɛk/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /kəˈbɛk/, /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kɛˈbɛk/, /keɪˈbɛk/, /kwəˈbɛk/

• Canada:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛk

Proper noun

Quebec (usually uncountable, plural Quebecs)

2. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.

   Synonym: Province of Quebec

   • 1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974‎^[2], Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:

     And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.

4. The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

   Synonyms: Quebec City, Québec City

5. Other places elsewhere:
   1. A village in the town of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States.
   3. A small village in Esh parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1843).
   4. A hamlet in Harting parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7821).

Derived terms

• (province): QC, Que., Que, Qc., Qc, P.Q., P. Q., PQ (abbreviation)
• Quebecer, Quebecker
• Quebecian
• Quebecism
• Quebec red trout
• Quebexican

Related terms

• Quebecois, Québécois

Translations

province

• Abenaki: Kephek
• Antillean Creole: Kébèk m
• Arabic: كِيبِك m (kibik)
• Armenian: Քվեբեկ (Kʻvebek)
• Belarusian: Квэбэ́к m (Kvebék)
• Bengali: কুইবেক (bn) (kuibek)
• Breton: Kebek
• Bulgarian: Квебе́к m (Kvebék)
• Catalan: Quebec (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 魁北克 (fui¹ bak¹ hak¹), 古壁 (gu² bik¹) (archaic), 魁省 (fui¹ saang²) (short form)

  Mandarin: 魁北克 (zh) (Kuíběikè), 魁省 (Kuí Shěng) (short form)

• Dutch: Québec (nl)
• Esperanto: Kebekio, Kebeko
• Finnish: Quebec (fi)
• French: Québec (fr) m
• Georgian: კვებეკი (ḳvebeḳi)
• German: Québec (de) n, Quebec n
• Greek: Κεμπέκ (el) m (Kempék)
• Haitian Creole: Kebèk
• Hebrew: קוויבק
• Hindi: केबेक (kebek)
• Interlingua: Quebec
• Inuktitut: ᑯᐱᐊᒃ (kopiak), ᑯᐸᐃᒃ (kopaik)
• Italian: Quebec m
• Japanese: ケベック (ja) (Kebekku), ケベック州 (Kebekku-shū)
• Khmer: កេបិច (keebəc)
• Korean: 퀘벡 (Kwebek)
• Latin: Quebecum
• Macedonian: Квебе́к m (Kvebék)
• Marathi: केबेक (kebek), क्वेबेक (kvebek)
• Mongolian: Кэбэк (Kebek)
• Norman: Tchubec m
• Occitan: Quebèc m
• Persian: کبک (fa) (kebek)
• Polish: Quebec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Quebec (pt) m, Quebeque (pt) m
• Russian: Квебе́к (ru) m (Kvebék)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cuibeic, Cuebec
• Serbo-Croatian: Квибек m, Kvibek m
• Spanish: Quebec (es) m
• Swahili: Kwebeki
• Swedish: Québec (sv)
• Thai: ควิเบก (kwí-bèk), เกแบ็ก (ke-bek)
• Turkish: Kebek (tr)
• Ukrainian: Квебе́к m (Kvebék)
• Vietnamese: Quê-béc, Kê-béc
• West Frisian: Kebek n

city

• Armenian: Քվեբեկ (Kʻvebek)
• Bengali: কুইবেক (bn) (kuibek)
• Bulgarian: Квебе́к m (Kvebék)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 魁北克市 (fui¹ bak¹ hak¹ si⁵), 魁北克城 (fui¹ bak¹ hak¹ sing⁴)

  Mandarin: 魁北克市 (zh) (Kuíběikè Shì), 魁北克城 (Kuíběikè Chéng)

• Dutch: Québec (nl)
• Esperanto: Kebeko
• Finnish: Quebec (fi)
• French: Québec (fr) m
• Georgian: კვებეკი (ḳvebeḳi)
• German: Quebec n, Québec (de) n
• Greek: Κεμπέκ (el) (Kempék)
• Haitian Creole: Kebèk
• Interlingua: Quebec
• Inuktitut: ᖁᐃᐲᒃ (qoipiik)
• Italian: Quebec m
• Japanese: ケベック (ja) (Kebekku)
• Khmer: កេបិច (keebəc)
• Korean: 퀘벡 (Kwebek)
• Lithuanian: Kvebekas m
• Macedonian: Квебе́к m (Kvebék)
• Marathi: केबेक (kebek), क्वेबेक (kvebek)
• Occitan: Quebèc m
• Polish: Quebec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Quebec (pt) f
• Russian: Квебе́к (ru) m (Kvebék)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cuibeic, Cuebec
• Serbo-Croatian: Квибек m, Kvibek m
• Spanish: Quebec (es) m
• Swedish: Québec (sv)
• Thai: ควิเบก (kwí-bèk)
• Ukrainian: Квебе́к m (Kvebék)
• Vietnamese: Quê-béc, Kê-béc

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈβɛk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) unknown

Proper noun

Quebec m

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Derived terms

• quebequès

Finnish

Etymology

From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkebek/, [ˈk̟e̞be̞k]
• Rhymes: -ebek

Proper noun

Quebec

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Declension

• When written:

Inflection of Quebec (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Quebec	—
genitive		Quebecin	—
partitive		Quebecia	—
illative		Quebeciin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Quebec	—
accusative	nom.	Quebec	—
	gen.	Quebecin
genitive		Quebecin	—
partitive		Quebecia	—
inessive		Quebecissa	—
elative		Quebecista	—
illative		Quebeciin	—
adessive		Quebecilla	—
ablative		Quebecilta	—
allative		Quebecille	—
essive		Quebecina	—
translative		Quebeciksi	—
abessive		Quebecitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Quebec (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Quebecini — accusative nom. Quebecini — gen. Quebecini genitive Quebecini — partitive Quebeciani — inessive Quebecissani — elative Quebecistani — illative Quebeciini — adessive Quebecillani — ablative Quebeciltani — allative Quebecilleni — essive Quebecinani — translative Quebecikseni — abessive Quebecittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Quebecisi — accusative nom. Quebecisi — gen. Quebecisi genitive Quebecisi — partitive Quebeciasi — inessive Quebecissasi — elative Quebecistasi — illative Quebeciisi — adessive Quebecillasi — ablative Quebeciltasi — allative Quebecillesi — essive Quebecinasi — translative Quebeciksesi — abessive Quebecittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Quebecimme — accusative nom. Quebecimme — gen. Quebecimme genitive Quebecimme — partitive Quebeciamme — inessive Quebecissamme — elative Quebecistamme — illative Quebeciimme — adessive Quebecillamme — ablative Quebeciltamme — allative Quebecillemme — essive Quebecinamme — translative Quebeciksemme — abessive Quebecittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Quebecinne — accusative nom. Quebecinne — gen. Quebecinne genitive Quebecinne — partitive Quebecianne — inessive Quebecissanne — elative Quebecistanne — illative Quebeciinne — adessive Quebecillanne — ablative Quebeciltanne — allative Quebecillenne — essive Quebecinanne — translative Quebeciksenne — abessive Quebecittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Quebecinsa — accusative nom. Quebecinsa — gen. Quebecinsa genitive Quebecinsa — partitive Quebeciaan Quebeciansa — inessive Quebecissaan Quebecissansa — elative Quebecistaan Quebecistansa — illative Quebeciinsa — adessive Quebecillaan Quebecillansa — ablative Quebeciltaan Quebeciltansa — allative Quebecilleen Quebecillensa — essive Quebecinaan Quebecinansa — translative Quebecikseen Quebeciksensa — abessive Quebecittaan Quebecittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

• When spoken:

Inflection of Quebec (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Quebec	—
genitive		Quebecin	—
partitive		Quebeciä	—
illative		Quebeciin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Quebec	—
accusative	nom.	Quebec	—
	gen.	Quebecin
genitive		Quebecin	—
partitive		Quebeciä	—
inessive		Quebecissä	—
elative		Quebecistä	—
illative		Quebeciin	—
adessive		Quebecillä	—
ablative		Quebeciltä	—
allative		Quebecille	—
essive		Quebecinä	—
translative		Quebeciksi	—
abessive		Quebecittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Quebec (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Quebecini — accusative nom. Quebecini — gen. Quebecini genitive Quebecini — partitive Quebeciäni — inessive Quebecissäni — elative Quebecistäni — illative Quebeciini — adessive Quebecilläni — ablative Quebeciltäni — allative Quebecilleni — essive Quebecinäni — translative Quebecikseni — abessive Quebecittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Quebecisi — accusative nom. Quebecisi — gen. Quebecisi genitive Quebecisi — partitive Quebeciäsi — inessive Quebecissäsi — elative Quebecistäsi — illative Quebeciisi — adessive Quebecilläsi — ablative Quebeciltäsi — allative Quebecillesi — essive Quebecinäsi — translative Quebeciksesi — abessive Quebecittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Quebecimme — accusative nom. Quebecimme — gen. Quebecimme genitive Quebecimme — partitive Quebeciämme — inessive Quebecissämme — elative Quebecistämme — illative Quebeciimme — adessive Quebecillämme — ablative Quebeciltämme — allative Quebecillemme — essive Quebecinämme — translative Quebeciksemme — abessive Quebecittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Quebecinne — accusative nom. Quebecinne — gen. Quebecinne genitive Quebecinne — partitive Quebeciänne — inessive Quebecissänne — elative Quebecistänne — illative Quebeciinne — adessive Quebecillänne — ablative Quebeciltänne — allative Quebecillenne — essive Quebecinänne — translative Quebeciksenne — abessive Quebecittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Quebecinsä — accusative nom. Quebecinsä — gen. Quebecinsä genitive Quebecinsä — partitive Quebeciään Quebeciänsä — inessive Quebecissään Quebecissänsä — elative Quebecistään Quebecistänsä — illative Quebeciinsä — adessive Quebecillään Quebecillänsä — ablative Quebeciltään Quebeciltänsä — allative Quebecilleen Quebecillensä — essive Quebecinään Quebecinänsä — translative Quebecikseen Quebeciksensä — abessive Quebecittään Quebecittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• quebeciläinen

German

Alternative forms

• Québec
• Quebeck (archaic)

Proper noun

Quebec n (proper noun, genitive Quebecs or (optionally with an article) Quebec)

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Declension

Declension of Quebec [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Quebec
genitive	des	Quebecs, Quebec1
dative	dem	Quebec
accusative	das	Quebec

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Quebecer
  • Quebecerin

See also

• Unterkanada

Further reading

• “Quebec” in Duden online (Quebec Provinz)
• “Quebec” in Duden online (Quebec Stadt)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Quebec, from French Québec, from Algonquin kepék.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛˈbɛk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: Que‧bec

Proper noun

Quebec m inan

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Declension

Declension of Quebec

	singular
nominative	Quebec
genitive	Quebecu
dative	Quebecowi
accusative	Quebec
instrumental	Quebekiem
locative	Quebecu
vocative	Quebecu

Further reading

• Quebec in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Québec.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈbɛ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈbɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈbɛ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈbɛ.kɨ/ [kɨˈβɛ.kɨ]

Proper noun

Quebec m

1. Alternative form of Quebeque:
   1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
   2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvibek]

Proper noun

Quebec m inan (genitive singular Quebecu)

1. Alternative form of Québec:
   1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
   2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

References

• “Quebec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Québec

Etymology

Borrowed from French Québec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈbek/ [keˈβ̞ek]
• Rhymes: -ek
• Syllabification: Que‧bec

Proper noun

Quebec m

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Derived terms

• quebequense
• quebequés