qualification, n.f., title, name; character, nature, qualification.
qualifié, -e, part., qualified, called, named. Vol —; robbery with aggravated circumstances.
qualifier, v.a., to qualify, to call; to entitle, to style, to name. — quelqu’un de fourbe; to call any one a knave.
se qualifier, v.r., to call one’s self, to style one’s self.
qualité, n.f., quality; property; qualification, accomplishment; title, rank. Il n’a pas les —s requises pour ce poste; he is not qualified to fill that position. En — de; in the capacity of, in the character of, as. Avoir — pour; to be qualified to. Avoir de la —; to be of good quality.
quand, adv., when, whenever, what time, what period; while, whilst. Depuis —? since when? Depuis — est-il arrivé? since when has he arrived, or how long has he been here? Jusqu’à —? or jusques à —? how long? till when?
quand, conj., though, although. — même; though, although, even if. — même elle voudrait; even if she were willing. — même; in spite of everything; through thick and thin; at any price. — bien même; even though. — je le disais! didn’t I tell you so! what did I say! Je le ferai — même; I shall do it just the same, or in spite of you, etc.
quant à, adv., with regard to, as to, as for, concerning, respecting. — à cela; as for that. Se mettre sur son —-à-soi, sur son —-à-moi; to stand on one’s dignity. Tenir, or se tenir sur, son —-à-soi, or son —-à-moi; to assume a proud and reserved air.
quantes, adj.f.pl., only employed in the two phrases: Toutes fois et —, toutes et — fois que; whenever, as often as, (com.) on demand.