duquel
French
Etymology
Contraction of de (“of/from”) + lequel (“which”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.kɛl/
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
duquel m (feminine de laquelle, masculine plural desquels, feminine plural desquelles) (relative)
- of which, of whom, from which, from whom
- Voilà l'homme à côté duquel Marc s'asseyait.
- There is the man next to whom Marc was sitting.
Usage notes
- Duquel is used with compound prepositions ending in de, such as à côté de, près de, en faveur de (as above).
- Duquel can also replace the possessive dont (“whose”). This is overall rare, but it is necessary when the noun phrase is preceded by any preposition: l'homme avec la femme duquel j'ai parlé (“the man with whose wife I've spoken”).
Related terms
See also
| N/A | with à | with de | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masc. Sing. | lequel | auquel | |
| Fem. Sing. | laquelle | à laquelle | de laquelle |
| Masc. Plu. | lesquels | auxquels | desquels |
| Fem. Plu. | lesquelles | auxquelles | desquelles |
Further reading
- “duquel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- French pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Wiktionnaire