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quai [ke]masculine noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In French towns, the word quai refers to a street running along the river, and appears in the street name itself. In Paris, some of these street names are used by extension to refer to the famous institutions situated there: Quai Conti refers to the Académie française, Quai des Orfèvres to the headquarters of the police force, and Quai d'Orsay to the Foreign Office.* * *kɛnom masculin1) Nautisme quay2) ( berge aménagée) bank3) (de gare, métro) platform•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ke nm1) [port] quay, [cours d'eau, canal] embankmentêtre à quai [navire] — to be alongside
2) [gare] platformLe train partira du quai numéro quatre. — The train will leave from platform 4.
* * *quai nm1 Naut quay; le navire est à quai the ship has docked;2 ( berge aménagée) bank; se promener sur les quais de la Seine to walk along the banks of the Seine;3 (de gare, métro) platform; attends-moi sur le quai wait for me on the platform.quai de débarquement Naut unloading dock; quai d'embarquement Naut loading dock; Quai des Orfèvres Paris police HQ; Quai d'Orsay French Foreign Office.[kɛ] nom masculin1. [d'une gare] platform4. [rue bordant un fleuve] streeta. [le Quai d'Orsay] the (French) Foreign Ministryb. [le Quai des Orfèvres] Police Headquarters (in Paris)The names Quai d'Orsay and Quai des Orfèvres are often used to refer to the government departments situated on the streets of the same name (the foreign office and the police department respectively). Le quai de Conti is sometimes used to refer to the Académie française. -
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platform, quay, wharf
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Quay — ist der Name von: Stephen und Timothy Quay (* 1947), US amerikanische Filmregisseure; siehe Brothers Quay Jan de Quay (1901 1985), niederländischer Politiker der Katholischen Volkspartei (KVP) Joanne Quay (* 1980), malaysische Badmintonspielerin… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Quay — Quay, n. [F. quai. See {Key} quay.] A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels. [Written also {key}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quay — Quay, OK U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 47 Housing Units (2000): 20 Land area (2000): 0.187661 sq. miles (0.486041 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.187661 sq. miles (0.486041 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Quay, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 47 Housing Units (2000): 20 Land area (2000): 0.187661 sq. miles (0.486041 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.187661 sq. miles (0.486041 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Quay — Quay, v. t. To furnish with quays. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quay — quay·age; quay; … English syllables
quay — Quay, m. monosyll. Est cette muraille de pierre de taille, qui est eslevée sur le bord d une riviere dans les villes où elle passe, qui sert tant pour empescher que desbordement d icelle ne se face dans la ville, que pour arrester les vaisseaux… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Quay — Quay, Jan Eduard de, niederländischer Politiker, * Herzogenbusch 26. 8. 1901, ✝ Beers (Provinz Nordbrabant) 4. 7. 1985; nach der deutschen Besetzung der Niederlande Mitbegründer der gegen das nationalsozialistische Regime agierenden… … Universal-Lexikon
quay — [ki: US keı, ki:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: kay] a place in a town or village where boats can be tied up or can stop to load and unload goods … Dictionary of contemporary English
quay — [ ki, keı ] noun count a hard surface next to an ocean or river, where boats can stop … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
quay — (n.) 1690s, variant of M.E. key wharf (c.1400; mid 13c. in place names), from O.N.Fr. cai (O.Fr. chai) sand bank, from Gaulish caium (5c.), from O.Celt. *kagio to encompass, enclose (Cf. Welsh cae fence, hedge, Cornish ke hedge ), cognate with… … Etymology dictionary