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695 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

quand on aime on ne compte pas: when you love, you don't count the cost (when one loves someone, one is ready to do anything for them; when one loves something, one is ready to devote a lot of time or money to it)
quand on n'a pas de tête on a des jambes: if one is forgetful or doesn't think ahead, one will have to walk more frequently
quand on parle du loup: speak of the devil (an expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene)
quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue: speak of the devil and he shall appear
quand on veut, on peut: where there's a will, there's a way
quant: only used in quant à
quant à: as for; according to
quant-à-soi: aloofness, reservedness
quanteur: quantifier
quantifiable: quantifiable
quantificateur: quantifier
quantificateur existentiel: existential quantifier
quantificateur universel: universal quantifier
quantification: quantification
quantifier: to quantify
quantifié: quantified
quantique: quantum (involving quanta)
quantitatif: quantitative (concerned with quantifiables rather than abstract qualities, i.e., the objective, measurable facts rather than more or less subjective characteristics)
quantitativement: quantitatively
quantité: quantity
quantité négligeable: something that doesn't enter the equation, something or someone that is deemed negligible, i.e. so insignificant that it or they can be ignored
quantième: what number, which
quantième: which day of the month
quantum: quantum
quarantaine: a number or group of or about forty; one's forties (period of life between ages 40 and 49); quarantine (isolation to prevent contamination)
quarante: forty
quarante et un: forty-one
quarante et unième: forty-first
quarante et unième: forty-first
quarante-A: forty all
quarante-cinq: forty-five
quarante-cinquième: forty-fifth
quarante-cinquième: forty-fifth
quarante-deux: forty-two
quarante-deuxième: forty-second
quarante-deuxième: forty-second
quarante-et-un: post-1990 spelling of quarante et un
quarante-et-unième: post-1990 spelling of quarante et unième
quarante-huit: forty-eight
quarante-huitard: 1848 revolutionary
quarante-huitième: forty-eighth
quarante-huitième: forty-eighth
quarante-neuf: forty-nine
quarante-neuvième: forty-ninth
quarante-neuvième: forty-ninth
quarante-quatre: forty-four
quarante-quatrième: forty-fourth
quarante-quatrième: forty-fourth
quarante-sept: forty-seven
quarante-septième: forty-seventh
quarante-septième: forty-seventh
quarante-six: forty-six
quarante-sixième: forty-sixth
quarante-sixième: forty-sixth
quarante-trois: forty-three
quarante-troisième: forty-third
quarante-troisième: forty-third
quarantenaire: forty years old
quarantenaire: forty-year-old; person aged between 40 and 49
quarantenaire: fourtieth anniversary