Québec

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /kwɪˈbɛk/, /kəˈbɛk/, /keɪˈbɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Québec

1. Alternative form of Quebec: A province in eastern Canada.
2. (official federal and provincial government usage) Alternative form of Quebec: The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

This is the official spelling of the city.^[1] Whereas for the province, according to the Canadian government, Québec is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec in Canadian English.^[2]

• Qué.
• Québec City
• Québecer
• Québecian

Borrowed from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”), originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap.

• IPA^(key): /ke.bɛk/

• Audio (Quebec, Côte-Nord):

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Québec m

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

   Synonym: Ville de Québec

   1. (by metonymy) The government of the province of Quebec.

      Québec a annoncé de nouveaux investissements en santé.

      Quebec City [i.e. the Quebec government] announced new funding for health.

The name of the city does not take a definite article: Québec, de Québec, à Québec. This is also true when the name of the city is used as a metonymy for the government of the province. The name of the province does take an article: le Québec, au Québec, du Québec, except in the expression Province de Québec.

• → English: Quebec
• → Persian: کبک (kebek)
• → Portuguese: Quebeque, Quebec

• Quebec
• Quebeck (archaic)

• IPA^(key): [keˈbɛk]

• Audio:

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Québec n (proper noun, genitive Québecs or (optionally with an article) Québec)

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Québec ?

1. alternative form of Quebec:
   1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
   2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Québec ?

1. alternative form of Quebec:
   1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
   2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

Québec n

1. alternative form of Quebec:
   1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
   2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

• Quebec

• IPA^(key): [ˈkebek]

Québec m inan

1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)

• “Québec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Québec ?

1. alternative form of Quebec:
   1. Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)
   2. Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)