quello

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contracted from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwel.lo/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ello
  • Hyphenation: quél‧lo

Determiner

quello m sg

  1. that, those

Usage notes

  • Adjectival forms:
    • quel: masculine singular before a consonant (except impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z)
    • quello: masculine singular before impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z
    • quell': masculine/feminine singular before a vowel or h
    • quella: feminine singular before a consonant
    • quei: masculine plural before a consonant (except impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z)
    • quegli: masculine plural before a vowel, impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, z
    • quelle: feminine plural

Pronoun

quello (feminine quella, masculine plural quelli, feminine plural quelle)

  1. that one, those ones, those

See also

References

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 137
  2. ^ quello in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
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