que
/ˈkjuː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Abbreviation of Querétaro: a state of Mexico.
name
Abbreviation of Quebec: a province of Canada.
name
Abbreviation of Quebec City: the capital city of Quebec, Canada.
Example Sentences
- "having lost their own pees and ques, by some pitiful attempt in our alphabetical orchard"
- "he was about to be interviewed by German television and he had to be on his pees and ques."
- "Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que, pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice […]"
- "Instead please join in the sharing of que methods and recipes, or questions."
- "The back route I favor involves a long stretch on Highway 74 and brings me close enough to Lumberton for a barbeque detour. That was my target today. Being already in Lumberton, it only made sense to score some “que.”"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Informal
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
ques (plural)
Que. (alternative)