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<span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Verb" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Catalan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Catalan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Catalan</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Catalan subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-French" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#French"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>French</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-French-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle French subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-French-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronoun" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Italian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Italian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Italian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Italian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Italian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Italian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Latin" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Latin"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Latin</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Latin-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Latin subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Latin-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronoun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adverb" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adverb"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Adverb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adverb-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interjection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interjection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Interjection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interjection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.2</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Descendants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.3</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spanish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spanish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Spanish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Spanish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Spanish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Spanish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid" title="quid – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="quid" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" 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class="IPA">[kʰw̥ɪd̥]</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-au-quid.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-au-quid.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-au-quid.ogg/En-au-quid.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-au-quid.ogg" title="File:en-au-quid.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%AAd" title="Rhymes:English/ɪd"><span class="IPA">-ɪd</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">quid</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">what, something</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, neuter singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quis#Latin" title="quis">quis</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">who</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">quid</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quids#English" title="quids">quids</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The inherent nature of something.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randolph_of_Roanoke" class="extiw" title="w:John Randolph of Roanoke">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>. (From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tertium_quid#English" title="tertium quid">tertium quid</a></i>.) <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Quiddist#English" title="Quiddist">Quiddist</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Paired with <i><a href="/wiki/quo#Etymology_2" title="quo">quo</a></i>, in reference to the phrase <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quid_pro_quo#English" title="quid pro quo">quid pro quo</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">this for that</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>: something offered in exchange for something else. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1886</b> May 19, <cite>Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Electric Lighting Act (1882) Amendment (No. 1) Bill <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>H.L.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>; the Electric Lighting Act (1882) Amendment (No. 2) Bill <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>H.L.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix</cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>Henry Hansard and Son, page <span class="None" lang="und">208</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; but what is the <i>quo</i> for which they ought to give the <i><b>quid</b>?</i> you say they ought to give a <i>quid pro quo;</i> what is the <i>quo?</i> <span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; did not they give you a pretty handsome <i><b>quid</b></i> for the <i>quo</i> there?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2000</b></span>, Andrew Stark, <cite>Conflict of Interest in American Public Life</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-00233-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-00233-4">→ISBN</a></small>, pages <span class="None" lang="und">163–164</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Indeed, asymmetry precludes the possibility of pointing to any particular <i>quo</i> that is meant to recompense the <i><b>quid</b></i>. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>If there exists any kind of inequity between <i><b>quid</b></i> and <i>quo</i>, then—on this line of argument—the expansive category of “friendship” emerges to account for it, siphoning the situation away from the class of objectionable <i>quid pro quo</i>. The claim officials here make—that for a <i><b>quid</b></i> to have a <i>quo</i> there must be some equivalency between the two—draws theoretical sustenance from the objective, exclusionary approach that critics of classical contract law apply to disproportionate exchanges.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2009</b></span>, George G. Brenkert, Tom L. Beaucham, editors, <cite>The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics</cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, page <span class="None" lang="und">504</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Corruption, the Court declared in <i>Buckley v. Valeo</i>, involves a quid pro quo: an officeholder doing something in office in return for money or some other favor provided by another individual or entity (for our purposes, a corporation). The problem, however, is that in principle there can be a <b>quid</b>—the money or favor offered by the business to the official—and a quo—the action taken by the official that benefits the business—without any clear evidence of a pro, that is, that the two are connected.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>The “pro,” the connection between <b>quid</b> and quo, might take place only inside the minds of the official and businessperson concerned.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2020</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yoo" class="extiw" title="w:John Yoo">John Yoo</a>, <cite>Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power</cite>, New York, N.Y.: All Points Books, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford/St._Martin%27s" class="extiw" title="w:Bedford/St. Martin's">St. Martin’s Publishing Group</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781250269614" title="Special:BookSources/9781250269614">→ISBN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It is hard to pull off a quid pro quo if the holder of the quo doesn’t know about the <b>quid</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Likely derives from the phrase <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quid_pro_quo#English" title="quid pro quo">quid pro quo</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">this for that</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, referring to the exchange of goods/services for money. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">quid</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">quid</strong></b> <i>or</i> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">rare</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quids#English" title="quids">quids</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/sovereign" title="sovereign">sovereign</a> or <a href="/wiki/guinea" title="guinea">guinea</a>, that is, a certain coin or amount of money. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1870</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Reade">Charles Reade</a>, <cite>Put Yourself in His Place</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They invited him to come to-morrow, <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> and bring half a <b>quid</b> with him.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/pound_sterling" title="pound sterling">Pound sterling</a>. <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">usually only used with a whole number of pounds</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pound#English" title="pound">pound</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">slang</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nicker#English" title="nicker">nicker</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">slang</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sov#English" title="sov">sov</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Seven <b>quid</b> for a toastie? You're joking aren't you?!</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1994</b></span> [<span class="None" lang="und">1993</span>], <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine_Welsh" class="extiw" title="w:Irvine Welsh">Irvine Welsh</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainspotting_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:Trainspotting (novel)">Trainspotting</a></cite>, London: Minerva, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7493-9606-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7493-9606-0">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/trainspotting0000wels/page/114/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">114</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Forty <b>quid</b> a fuckin ticket. No shy they British Rail cunts, ah kin fuckin tell ye.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1995</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hornby" class="extiw" title="w:Nick Hornby">Nick Hornby</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Fidelity_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:High Fidelity (novel)">High Fidelity</a></cite>, London: Victor Gollancz, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-575-05748-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-575-05748-3">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/highfidelity0000unse/page/71/mode/1up">pages <span class="None" lang="und">71–72</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The ride costs exactly fifteen <b>quid</b>, but that doesn't include the tip, and bitter is two pounds a pint.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English" class="extiw" title="w:Hiberno-English">Ireland</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" class="extiw" title="w:English in the Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Various national currencies typically known by the name "<a href="/wiki/pound#English" title="pound">pound</a>".</span></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English" class="extiw" title="w:Hiberno-English">Ireland</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> by extension</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/euro" title="euro">Euro</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" class="extiw" title="w:English in the Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> by extension<span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/dollar" title="dollar">Dollar</a>, <a href="/wiki/dollars" title="dollars">dollars</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quids_in#English" title="quids in">quids in</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_full_quid#English" title="the full quid">the full quid</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/quide#Middle_English" title="quide">quide</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quede#English" title="quede">quede</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/cwidu#Old_English" title="cwidu">cwidu</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/cwudu#Old_English" title="cwudu">cwudu</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">that which is chewed, cud</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cud#English" title="cud">cud</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">quid</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quids#English" title="quids">quids</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A piece of material for <a href="/wiki/chewing" title="chewing">chewing</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/chewing_tobacco" title="chewing tobacco">chewing tobacco</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1881–1882</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Louis Stevenson">Robert Louis Stevenson</a>, “Israel Hands”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island" class="extiw" title="w:Treasure Island">Treasure Island</a></cite>, London; Paris: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassell_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Cassell (publisher)">Cassell & Company</a>, published 14 November 1883, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/702939134">→OCLC</a></small>, part V (My Sea Adventure), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/islandtreasure00stevrich/page/210/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">210</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of tobacco, begged me to cut him a <b>quid</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1901</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:William_Wymark_Jacobs" class="extiw" title="s:Author:William Wymark Jacobs">W. W. Jacobs</a>, chapter 1, in <cite>Light Freights</cite>, page 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He broke off to open a small brass tobacco-box and place a little <b>quid</b> of tobacco tenderly into a pouch in his left cheek, <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The act of chewing such tobacco.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">quid</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quids#English" title="quids">quids</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quidding#English" title="quidding">quidding</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quidded#English" title="quidded">quidded</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>To <a href="/wiki/chew" title="chew">chew</a> <a href="/wiki/tobacco" title="tobacco">tobacco</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1902</b></span>, John Masefield, <cite><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Ballad_of_John_Silver" class="extiw" title="s:A Ballad of John Silver">A Ballad of John Silver</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Ah! the pig-tailed, <b>quidding</b> pirates and the pretty pranks we played</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">of a horse</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/a_quid_for_a_quod#English" title="a quid for a quod">a quid for a quod</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bob#English" title="bob">bob</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buck#English" title="buck">buck</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dime#English" title="dime">dime</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nickel#English" title="nickel">nickel</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quarter#English" title="quarter">quarter</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Quidditch#English" title="Quidditch">Quidditch</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/quo_pro_quid#English" title="quo pro quid">quo pro quid</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/secundum_quid#English" title="secundum quid">secundum quid</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/trey#English" title="trey">trey</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/zac#English" title="zac">zac</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Qidu#English" title="Qidu">Qidu</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catalan">Catalan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Catalan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Learned borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">quid</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/que#Catalan" title="que">que</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Central Catalan">Central</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Balearic Catalan">Balearic</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Valencian language">Valencia</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈkit]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ca">quid</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-ca p-form-of" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/quids#Catalan" title="quids">quids</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/crux" title="crux">crux</a>, <a href="/wiki/gist" title="gist">gist</a>, <a href="/wiki/core" title="core">core</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/nus#Catalan" title="nus">nus</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/viu#Catalan" title="viu">viu</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1980</b></span>, Enric Valor, <cite>Sense la terra promesa, I</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="ca">Totes les lucubracions, interpretacions, acumulacions, que s'havien fet al seu propòsit en llarga corrua de segles de cristianisme, més que aclarar-li la grandesa i profunditat d'aquelles vides, li les enterbolia. Ell maldava per despullar-ho tot d'aquella inútil fullaraca i trobar-ne el <b>quid</b> simplicíssim. Maria havia vingut a donar exemple d'humilitat; Jesucrist, a predicar justícia.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">All the meditations, interpretations, accumulations which had been made on this proposition in the long course of centuries of Christianity, rather than clarifying for him the greatness and profundity of these lives, had clouded them. He made an effort to clear away all the rubbish and find in it the very simple <b>gist</b>. Mary had come to give an example of humility; Jesus Christ, to preach justice.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dlc.iec.cat/Results?EntradaText=quid&AllInfoMorf=False&OperEntrada=0&OperDef=0&OperEx=0&OperSubEntrada=0&OperAreaTematica=0&InfoMorfType=0&OperCatGram=False&AccentSen=False&CurrentPage=0&refineSearch=0">“quid”</a> in <i>Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_d%27Estudis_Catalans" class="extiw" title="w:Institut d'Estudis Catalans">Institut d’Estudis Catalans</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">quid</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/kwid/</span>, <span class="IPA">/kɥid/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">quid</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> originally <a href="/wiki/humorous" title="humorous">humorous</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> learned</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/what_about" title="what about">what about</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/quoi#French" title="quoi">quoi</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=qu%27en_est-il_de&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="qu'en est-il de (page does not exist)">qu’en est-il de</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="fr"><b>Quid</b> de la transparence du programme ?</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation"><b>What about</b> the program's transparency?</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/quid/">quid</a>”, in <cite><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9sor_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise_informatis%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé">Trésor de la langue française informatisé</a></span> <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Digitized Treasury of the French Language<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></cite>, <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span></span></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="it">quid</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#invariable" title="Appendix:Glossary">invariable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li>a certain <a href="/wiki/something" title="something">something</a> (that is somehow undefinable)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/k%CA%B7id" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷid">*kʷid</a></i>; compare <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/k%CA%B7is" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷis">*kʷis</a></i>. </p><p>The sense “why” is an <a href="/wiki/adverbial_accusative" title="adverbial accusative">adverbial accusative</a>; compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%84%CE%AF#Ancient_Greek" title="τί">τί</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">tí</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/kʷid/</span>, <span class="IPA">[kʷɪd̪]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Latin phonology and orthography">modern Italianate Ecclesiastical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/kwid/</span>, <span class="IPA">[kwid̪]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun_2">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">quid</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#gender" title="Appendix:Glossary">neuter</a> <span class="inflection-of-conjoined"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#nominative_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">nominative</a><span class="inflection-of-sep">/</span><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#accusative_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">accusative</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quis#Latin" title="quis">quis</a></i></span></span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="la"><b>Quid</b> dīcam?</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation"><b>What</b> can I say?</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">internal accusative</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/what" title="what">what</a>, <a href="/wiki/how" title="how">how</a>? <ul><li><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid" class="extiw" title="w:Aeneid">Aeneid</a></i> 12.872 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergil" class="extiw" title="w:Vergil">Vergil</a> <dl><dd><i><b>Quid</b> nunc tē tua, Turne, potest germāna iuvāre?</i> <dl><dd><b>How</b> will your sister help you now, Turnus?</dd></dl></dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quid_tibi_nomen_est#Latin" class="mw-redirect" title="quid tibi nomen est">quid tibi nomen est</a></span>?</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quid_nomen_tibi_est#Latin" title="quid nomen tibi est">quid nomen tibi est</a></span>?</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid_si&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="quid si (page does not exist)">quid si</a></span>? (what if?) <dl><dd><i><b>Quid si</b> illud addimus.</i></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid_tum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="quid tum (page does not exist)">quid tum</a></span>? (what then? how then?)</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid_ergo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="quid ergo (page does not exist)">quid ergo</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/ironically" title="ironically">ironically</a>)</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quid_agis#Latin" title="quid agis">quid agis</a></span>?</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quid_ais#Latin" title="quid ais">quid ais</a></span>?</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">quid</strong> (<i>not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/why" title="why">why</a>? <a href="/wiki/what_for" title="what for">what for</a>? <ul><li><div class="wiktQuote" data-validation="green"><b>27 <small class="ce-date"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#BCE" title="Appendix:Glossary"><span title="Glossary and display preference">BCE</span></a></small> – 25 <small class="ce-date"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#BCE" title="Appendix:Glossary"><span title="Glossary and display preference">BCE</span></a></small></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livy" class="extiw" title="w:Livy">Titus Livius</a>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rome_(Livy)" class="extiw" title="w:History of Rome (Livy)">Ab Urbe Condita</a></i> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Ab_Urbe_Condita/liber_I#47" class="extiw" title="s:la:Ab Urbe Condita/liber I">I.47</a>:<dl><dd><span class="Latn e-quotation" lang="la">quid <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/frustror#Latin" title="frustror">frustraris</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/civitatem#Latin" title="civitatem">civitatem</a></span>?</span><dl><dd>why do <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinius_Superbus" class="extiw" title="w:Tarquinius Superbus">you</a> cheat the citizens?</dd></dl></dd></dl></div></li> <li><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta_Danorum" class="extiw" title="w:Gesta Danorum">Gesta Danorum</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">deeds of the Danes</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus" class="extiw" title="w:Saxo Grammaticus">Saxo Grammaticus</a> (in Latin <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.kb.dk/elib/lit//dan/saxo/lat/or.dsr/1/8/index.htm">caput 8, liber 1</a>, translation in English <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071217042131/http://omacl.org/DanishHistory/book1.html">chapter 8, book 1</a>) <dl><dd><i><b>Quid</b> gladiō pugnās incurvō?</i> <dl><dd><b>Why</b> do you fight with a bent sword?</dd></dl></dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">quid</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/well" title="well">well</a>, <a href="/wiki/why" title="why">why</a>, <a href="/wiki/what" title="what">what</a>? <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="la"><b>Quid</b>, an nescīs</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation"><b>What</b>, you mean you don't know?</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="wiktQuote" data-validation="yellow">Pompeius, <i>Commentum in Artis Donati partem tertiam</i> Keil, GL V, p. 287/14 = Zago (2017), p. 16/7:<dl><dd><span class="Latn e-quotation" lang="la">(discussing <i>moetacism</i>) Plērumque enim aut suspēnsiōne prōnuntiātur aut exclūsiōne<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>Nōs quid sequī dēbēmus? <b>Quid,</b> per suspēnsiōnem tantum modo. Quā ratiōne? Quia si<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span></span><dl><dd>It's mostly pronounced either by pausing or by leaving it out<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>Which solution should we adopt? <b>Why,</b> only by pausing. What is the reason? Because if <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span></dd></dl></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quid_ni#Latin" title="quid ni">quid nī</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quidni#Latin" title="quidni">quidnī</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid_ita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="quid ita (page does not exist)">quid ita</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quod#Latin" title="quod">quod</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/quis#Latin" title="quis">quis</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"> <ul><li>Balkan Romance: <ul><li>Aromanian: <span class="Latn" lang="rup"><a href="/wiki/tsi#Aromanian" title="tsi">tsi</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Megleno-Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ruq"><a href="/wiki/tse#Megleno-Romanian" title="tse">tse</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/ce#Romanian" title="ce">ce</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li> <li>Italo-Romance: <ul><li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/che#Italian" title="che">che</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Neapolitan: <span class="Latn" lang="nap"><a href="/wiki/che#Neapolitan" title="che">che</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Sicilian: <span class="Latn" lang="scn"><a href="/wiki/chi#Sicilian" title="chi">chi</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li> <li>Padanian: <ul><li>Friulian: <span class="Latn" lang="fur"><a href="/wiki/ce#Friulian" title="ce">ce</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Piedmontese: <span class="Latn" lang="pms"><a href="/wiki/quei#Piedmontese" title="quei">quei</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pms"><a href="/wiki/que#Piedmontese" title="que">que</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Romansch: <span class="Latn" lang="rm"><a href="/wiki/tge#Romansch" title="tge">tge</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Venetan: <span class="Latn" lang="vec"><a href="/wiki/ch%C3%A9#Venetan" title="ché">ché</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="q̇">q̇</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/abbreviation" title="abbreviation">abbreviation</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> in manuscripts</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span><ul><li>Fala: <span class="Latn" lang="fax"><a href="/wiki/que#Fala" title="que">que</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/que#Galician" title="que">que</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/que#Portuguese" title="que">que</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"><ul><li>Indo-Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="idb"><a href="/wiki/que#Indo-Portuguese" title="que">que</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/que#Spanish" title="que">que</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=quid"><span class="Latn" lang="la">quid</span></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (<span class="None" lang="und">1879</span>) <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Latin_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:A Latin Dictionary">A Latin Dictionary</a></cite>, Oxford: Clarendon Press</span></span></li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/resolveform?type=exact&lookup=quid&lang=latin"><span class="Latn" lang="la">quid</span></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Charlton T. Lewis (<span class="None" lang="und">1891</span>) <cite>An Elementary Latin Dictionary</cite>, New York: Harper & Brothers</span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://micmap.org/dicfro/search/gaffiot/quid">quid</a> in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Gaffiot, Félix (<span class="None" lang="und">1934</span>) <cite>Dictionnaire illustré latin-français</cite>, Hachette.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (<span class="None" lang="und">1894</span>) <cite>Latin Phrase-Book</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50280/50280-h/50280-h.htm">[1]</a></sup>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers" class="extiw" title="w:Macmillan Publishers">Macmillan and Co.</a></span></span> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display: inline" data-expandtext="23 phrases"><ul><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> if anything should happen to me; if I die: <i><b>si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat</b></i> or <i><b>acciderit</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what will become of him: <i><b>quid illo fiet?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what am I to do with this fellow: <i><b>quid huic homini</b></i> (also <i><b>hoc homine</b></i>) <i><b>faciam?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> how came it that...: <i><b>quid causae fuit cur...?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what is the use of: <i><b>quid attinet?</b></i> with Infin.<br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> give me your opinion: <i><b>dic quid sentias</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> I am undecided..: <i><b>incertus sum, quid consilii capiam</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what do you mean to do: <i><b>quid tibi vis?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what is the meaning of this: <i><b>quid hoc sibi vult?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what is the meaning of this: <i><b>quid hoc rei est?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> to determine the nature and constitution of the subject under discussion: <i><b>constituere, quid et quale sit, de quo disputetur</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: <i><b>quid significat, sonat haec vox?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what do we mean by 'virtue': <i><b>quid est virtus?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what sort of humour are you in: <i><b>quid tibi animi est?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what will become of me: <i><b>quid (de) me fiet?</b></i> (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37)<br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> how are you: <i><b>quid agis?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what is going on? how are you getting on: <i><b>quid agitur? quid fit?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state: <i><b>videant</b></i> or <i><b>dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat</b></i> (Catil. 1. 2. 4)<br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what is your opinion: <i><b>quid censes? quid tibi videtur?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> what is your opinion: <i><b>quid de ea re fieri placet?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> to say the least..: <i><b>ne (quid) gravius dicam</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> in short; to be brief: <i><b>ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?</b></i><br /></li><li><b><i>(ambiguous)</i></b> no wonder: <i><b>nec mirum, minime mirum (id quidem), quid mirum?</b></i><br /></li></ul></div></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish">Spanish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Spanish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_6">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="es">quid</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/quids#Spanish" title="quids">quids</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es p-form-of" lang="es"><strong class="selflink">quid</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/gist" title="gist">gist</a>; <a href="/wiki/point" title="point">point</a>; <a href="/wiki/crux" title="crux">crux</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_3">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=quid&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dle.rae.es/quid">quid</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diccionario_de_la_lengua_espa%C3%B1ola" class="extiw" title="w:Diccionario de la lengua española">Diccionario de la lengua española</a></cite> [<cite><span class="e-translation">Dictionary of the Spanish Language</span></cite>] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Academy" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Spanish Academy">Royal Spanish Academy</a> [Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es">Real Academia Española</span>], 2023 November 28</span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=quid&oldid=82641694">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=quid&oldid=82641694</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_1-syllable_words" title="Category:English 1-syllable words">English 1-syllable words</a></li><li><a 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