auquel

French

Etymology

Contraction of à +‎ lequel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.kɛl/

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Pronoun

auquel m (feminine à laquelle, masculine plural auxquels, feminine plural auxquelles)

1. to which, at which, of which

   Le tableau auquel j'ai pensé est très beau.

   The painting I thought of is very beautiful.

   (literally, “The painting of/to which I thought is very beautiful.”)

Related terms

• n'importe lequel
• équel (Louisiana)

See also

	–	with à	with de
m sg	lequel	auquel	duquel
f sg	laquelle	à laquelle	de laquelle
m pl	lesquels	auxquels	desquels
f pl	lesquelles	auxquelles	desquelles

• celui
• ledit

Further reading

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