Which in French

Definition

Definition in EnglishIntroduces additional information about an already identified thing or group of things, without selecting which thing or things are meant. Its reference is a noun phrase, not the whole preceding statement. Targets may use a supplementary clause or a natural equivalent.

Definition in FrenchIntroduit une précision sur une chose ou un groupe déjà identifié, sans préciser de quoi il s’agit.

Example sentences

• La gare, qui a ouvert l’an dernier, est déjà trop petite.🔊

  The station, which opened last year, is already too small.

• Ma voiture, que j’ai achetée le mois dernier, est encore en panne.🔊

  My car, which I bought last month, has broken down again.

Learn it in a lesson

• Non-defining relative clauses in French

which in other languages

• What which means
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