quête

See also: quete, and quêté

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French queste, from Old French queste, from Latin quaesta, noun use of quaesita, feminine of quaesitus, past participle of quaerō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛt/, /kɛːt/
  • (Quebec) IPA^(key): [kaɪ̯t]

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Noun

quête f (plural quêtes)

1. quest, search

Derived terms

• en quête
• quêter

Related terms

• quérir
• question

Further reading

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