different between ques vs queso

English

Noun

ques

1. plural of que

Latin

Pronoun

qu?s m pl or f pl (neuter plural qua, indefinite pronoun)

1. (Old Latin) any
   • senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus:

     SEI·QVES
     ESENT·QVEI·SIBEI·DEICERENT·NECESVS·ESE·BACANAL·HABERE·EEIS·VTEI·AD·PR·VRBANVM
     ROMAM·VENIRENT·DEQVE·EEIS·REBVS·VBEI·EORVM·VTR A [= VERBA]·AVDITA·ESENT·VTEI·SENATVS
     NOSTER·DECERNERET·DVM·NE·MINVS·SENATORBVS [= SENATORIBVS]·C·ADESENT· A [= QVOM EA] RES·COSOLORETVR

     if there are any who claim that it is necessary for them to have such a place, they are to come to Rome to the praetor urbanus, and the senate is to decide on those matters, when their claims have been heard, provided that not less than 100 senators are present when the affair is discussed.

     SEI·QVES·ESENT·QVEI·ARVORSVM·EAD·FECISENT·QVAM·SVPRAD
     SCRIPTVM·EST·EEIS·REM·CAPVTALEM·FACIENDAM·CENSVERE

     if there are any who have acted contrary to what was written above, they have decided that a proceeding for a capital offense should be instituted against them;

     ATQVE
     VTEI·EA·BACANALIA·SEI·QVA·SVNT·EXSTRAD·QVAM·SEI·QVID·IBEI·SACRI·EST
     ITA·VTEI·SVPRAD·SCRIPTVM·EST·IN·DIEBVS·X·QVIBVS·VOBEIS·TABELAI·DATAI
     ERVNT·FACIATIS·VTEI·DISMOTA·SIENT

     see to it that the revelries of Bacchus, if there be any, except in case there be concerned in the matter something sacred, as was written above, be disbanded within ten days after this letter shall be delivered to you.

See also

• quei
• quis, qu?

References

• quis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  qui in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1303 & 1304

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish queso.

Noun

ques

1. cheese

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)?^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 268

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ke?so?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ke?s??/
• Rhymes: -e?s??

Noun

queso (uncountable)

1. Melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.

Derived terms

• chili con queso

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin c?seum, accusative of c?seus. Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Portuguese queijo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ke.zo]

Noun

queso m (plural quesos)

1. cheese
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v.

     Et ?i la fregan con la leche. lo q? ende ?ale, quaia toda la leche ?obre q? la pongan ¬ por ende los daq?lla tierra u?an della en ?us q?sos. ¬ en toda otra co?a de leche q? quieré quaiar.

     And if they wash it with milk, what results from it curdles the milk into which it is put, and so the people of that land use it in their cheeses, or in any other dairy thing they wish to curdle.

Descendants

• Ladino: kézo
• Spanish: queso (see there for further descendants)

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish queso, from Latin c?seus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?keso/, [?ke.so]

Noun

queso m (plural quesos)

1. cheese

   Synonym: formaje

2. (Spain, colloquial) foot

Derived terms

(diminutive quesillo or quesito or quesín)

Related terms

• caseoso
• quesadilla
• quesero, quesera
• requesón

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Further reading

• “queso” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.