'que

¹ American  

[kyoo] / kyu /

noun

Chiefly California.

1. a shortened form of barbecue.

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Que. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Quebec.

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Que. British  

abbreviation

1. Quebec

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Etymology

Origin of 'que

By shortening

Example Sentences

You are in the South, so of course you are going to go H.A.M. on 'que.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 1, 2019

You are in the south, so of course you are going to go H.A.M. on 'que.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 3, 2018

‘Il me semble,’ said the royal old prodigal in his last illness, ‘que je suis au sommet d’un monument qui tremble comme si les fondations étaient assises sur le sable.’

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest

Voltaire leapt up from the pillows: 'Ne savez-vous pas,' he shouted, 'que les scorbutiques meurent l'oeil enflammé?'

From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton

The French has 'que on nomme au pays Dacquest,' of which the translator makes 'in the countrey of Alquest.'

From Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) by Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed