qu’en-dira-t-on, n.m., (n.p.) public talk, tittle-tattle. Se moquer du —; to ignore what people say.
quenelle, n.f., (cook.) forcemeat ball.
quenotte, n.f., (fam.) tooth (of young children).
*quenouille, n.f., distaff; bed-post; tree cut in the form of a distaff. — de lit; bedpost. A —s; four-post. En —; like a distaff. Tomber en —; to fall to the female line. Coiffer une —; to cover a distaff.
*quenouillée, n.f., distaff-ful.
*quenouillette, n.f., a small distaff; (bot.) distaff-thistle. —s de la poupe; (nav.) stern-timbers.
quérable, adj., (jur.) demandable (of a debt).
quercitron, n.m., (bot.) quercitron.
querelle, n.f., quarrel, quarreling, row, brawl, broil, wrangling. — d’Allemand; groundless quarrel. Faire une — à; to quarrel with. Chercher — à; to pick a quarrel with. Vider une —; to settle a quarrel. Susciter une — à; to raise a quarrel. Ne pas épouser une —; not to take up any one’s quarrel.
quereller, v.a., to quarrel with, to pick a quarrel with, to scold.