quoi

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/kwa/

pronounSing

what (used in direct questions)

what / what to (used in indirect questions or after verbs: 'I don't know what to say')

Tu fais quoi ce soir ?

What are you doing tonight?

Synonyms:que, qu'est-ce que

particle

a sentence-final filler or emphasizer meaning 'you know', 'like', 'anyway' (used to soften or stress a statement)

C'est chiant, quoi.

It's annoying, you know.

Synonyms:enfin, voilà, tu vois

Notes

GENERAL INFO

Quoi is an interrogative pronoun meaning "what". It can also function as an indefinite pronoun or an interjection.

USAGE

It frequently appears at the end of informal questions ("Tu fais quoi ?"), or after prepositions ("À quoi penses-tu ?"). It can also be an exclamation ("Quoi ?!"), or an informal filler ("C'est difficile, quoi.").

TRAPS

Avoid using quoi at the beginning of a direct question about a direct object. Use "Que" instead ("Que fais-tu ?"). Quoi typically follows a preposition or appears at the sentence end.