Quebecois
/keɪbɛˈkwɑː
/(also Québécois)
noun (plural same)
1A native or inhabitant of Quebec, typically one who is French Canadian: a 57-year-old Quebecois with a bristling grey moustache and penetrating eyes the company now employs some 30 Maine residents and 20 Quebecois...
- Many Quebecois harboured a deep-seated hatred of the English, the people who had dominated them for over 200 years.
- Strong kinship ties, proximity to places of origin, and the French language made the Quebecois resistant to assimilation.
- The political tensions between Quebecois and Acadiens are probably as pronounced today as they are between English-speaking Ontarians and Quebecois.
2 [mass noun] The form of French spoken in Quebec: I speak Parisian French, rather than Quebecois...
- Daniel Jobin's DP work should receive some kind of special award from the Quebec tourist industry, because watching this film gave me an urge to take a crash course in Quebecois, pack some fishing gear and move there immediately.
- This table indicates that shifting the vowel of fort to sound like the vowel of standard European French fard is normal in Quebecois.
- We had dinner at the truckstop and listened to the French-Canadian truckers all speaking Quebecois and then came home to a full moon lighting up the whole yard.
adjective
Relating to Quebec or the form of French spoken there: Quebecois folk songs the Quebecois accent...
- However, Toronto is not a good location from which to serve the distinct Quebecois market.
- In Quebec, the development of an effective, locally owned distribution system has absolved the Quebecois music industry of an ongoing reliance on multinational firms.
- She's got a Quebecois look to her.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French québécois.