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FRANCO-QUEBECKER [1 record]

Record 1 2021-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

The inhabitant of the province of Quebec whose main or native language is French.

OBS

Plural forms: French-speaking Quebeckers; French-speaking Quebecers; Franco-Quebeckers; Franco-Quebecers; Quebecois, Quebecoises. In English, the noun and the adjective have the same spelling, though the adjective never takes the form of the plural.

OBS

"Quebecois" (man) and "Quebecoise" (woman) can refer specifically to a Francophone resident of the province. "Québécois" (man) and "Québécoise" (woman) may be used in references to the distinctive French-Canadian culture of the province of Quebec; it may also express a link to the city of Québec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Personne habitant la province de Québec (habitant le Québec, habitant au Québec) et dont la langue principale ou la langue maternelle est le français.

OBS

Forme plurielle : des Franco-Québécois, des Franco-Québécoises. Dans un nom de peuple, ne pas confondre le substantif, nom de personne, qui demande la majuscule initiale, et l'adjectif, un qualifiant, qui appelle la minuscule.

OBS

Les mêmes substantifs peuvent signifier un citoyen, une citoyenne de la ville de Québec, dont la langue principale est le français.

OBS

franco- : Élément invariable de mots composés signifiant «de langue française, d'ascendance française». Les mots composés avec l'élément «franco-» s'écrivent avec un trait d'union.

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