quand

Inherited from Latin quandō.

quand (ORB, broad)

1. when

• quand in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• quand in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Middle French quand, from Old French quant, from Latin quandō.

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃/, (in liaison) /kɑ̃.t‿/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /kã/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /(e)kɑ̃/, /kɑ̃t/
• Homophones: Caen, camp, quant, qu’en

quand

1. when

   Appelez-moi quand vous arriverez chez vous. ― Call me when you get home.

   Quand est-il mort ? ― When did he die?

   Je ne sais pas quand il est mort. ― I don't know when he died.

   Quand est-ce que vous voulez partir ? ― When do you want to leave?

When it indicates a condition as yet unfulfilled, the subordinate verb is often conjugated in the future or future perfect where in English one would use the simple present or present perfect.

• (Louisiana, Cajun French) équand

• n’importe quand
• quand même
• quand bien même

• lorsque
• que
• qui
• quoi

• “quand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• quant

From Old French quant.

quand

1. when

quand

1. when

• French: quand