quegli

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweʎ.ʎi/
• Rhymes: -eʎʎi
• Hyphenation: qué‧gli

Etymology 1

Determiner

quegli

1. masculine plural of quello

Usage notes

• Used before a vowel or an impure consonant.

Further reading

• quegli in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Etymology 2

From Old Italian quelli, via palatalization of /ll/ before /i/ (cf. begli < belli), from Vulgar Latin *eccum illī, alternative nominative singular of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Alternative forms

• quelli (Old Italian)

Pronoun

quegli m sg

1. (literary) used to refer to someone distant in terms of space or time from the speaker; that (person) (as a subject)

See also

• questi, codesti

Further reading

• quegli in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Questi e altri pronomi soggetto in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana