French verbs beginning with Q

20 verbs with English meanings. Select a verb to see its conjugation.

• quadrillerto crosshatch (mark into squares); to criss-cross
• quadripolariserto make quadripolar
• quadruplerto quadruple, to multiply by four
• qualifierto qualify (of a sports team, etc.) (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage) (intransitive, reflexive); to characterize, to consider (transitive); to call, to label (transitive); to call oneself (usually undeservedly) (reflexive)
• quantifierto quantify
• quarderonnerround a stone or wood corner
• quarrersquare a curve
• quartagerplough for the fourth time
• quartertake the fourth guard position (fencing)
• quartzifierturn to quartz; become quartz-like
• querellerto quarrel, to squabble (reflexive)
• questionnerto question, interrogate (transitive); to call into question (transitive); to question, ask (someone) (transitive); to inquire, ask (about) (intransitive)
• queuterto push (to have the cue ball in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time); to miss, fail, screw up (slang); to dick, to dick down, to bone; to fuck (transitive, vulgar)
• quintessencierto overrefine; to express the essence of
• quintuplerto quintuple, to multiply by five
• quittancerto receipt, to release (transitive)
• quitterleave a place or person; take off clothes
• quémanderto beg (for), to cadge
• quérirto seek; used especially after certain verbs (archaic, literary); to want (archaic)
• quêterto search for; to look for; to beg (for money); to collect (money)