Uncertain. Possibly fromProto-Basque*karri(“rock”) (compareBasqueharri), or fromProto-Celtic*karr-(“rock”) (compareWelshcraig,Irishcreag,Manxcreg,Armenianքար(kʻar)).
quer m (pluralquers)
- (archaic)rock
- Synonym:penya
FromOld Galician-Portuguesequer, third-person singular present indicative ofquerer: "he/she/it wants".
quer
- third-personsingularpresentindicative ofquerer;Alternative form ofquere
quer … quer
- whether …or
- 1350, K. M. Parker (ed.),Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 95:
Et quando se asañaua, nõ gardaria cousa que nõdisese,quer fose vergonçosaquer maaquer bõa, todo o diria.- And when he was angry he would not keep a thing that he didn't say,whether embarrassingor meanor good, everything he would say
- either …or
1301, X. Ferro Couselo, editor,A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page52:quer milloquer çenteo- either milletor barley
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “quer”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quer”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quer”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quer”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
quer
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection ofquerer:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
FromMiddle High Germantwer,dwer,quer, fromOld High Germantwerh(“oblique”), fromProto-West Germanic*þwerh. CompareEnglishqueer.
quer (strong nominative masculine singularquerer,not comparable)
- crosswise,cross
Positive forms ofquer (uncomparable)
quer
- crosswise,across
Das Blut transportiert die Nährstoffequer durch den Körper.- The blood transports nutrients throughout the body.
- “quer” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Adjective” inDuden online
- “Adverb” inDuden online
quer m (pluralquers)
- Alternative form ofcuer
FromLatinquare.
quer
- as,since,because,for
...quer le sens de li e la vertu creissoit chescun jour de mieux en mieux.- Because his discernment and his virtue grew better from day to day.
- (interrogative)why,wherefore
chevalier,cher vus purpensez?- knights,why are you still thinking?
queroblique singular, m (oblique pluralquers,nominative singularquers,nominative pluralquer)
- (typically Anglo-Norman)Alternative form ofcuer
c.1250,Marie de France,Equitan:m'est une anguisse elquer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler- Such a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver
queroblique singular, m (oblique pluralquers,nominative singularquers,nominative pluralquer)
- (Old Northern French)Alternative form ofchier
quer
- inflection ofquerer:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)second-personsingularimperative
- (second-person singular affirmative imperative of querer):quere
quer … querorquer … ou
- whether …or
Iremos,quer chovaou não. / Iremos,quer chova,quer não.- We shall go,whether it rainsor not.
