lequel/lə.kɛl/
pronoun · B1 · Frequency 513
pronounmasculine
Meanings
which; whom
Used as a relative or interrogative pronoun referring to people or things.
which one
Used as an interrogative pronoun to refer to a single object.
Examples
Lequel de ces chemins mène au village ?
Which of these paths leads to the village?
Je ne sais pas lequel choisir pour le rapport.
I do not know which one to choose for the report.
Le collègue avec lequel je travaille habite près d'ici.
The colleague with whom I work lives nearby.
Collocations
- lequel des deuxwhich one of the two
- lequel est le tienwhich one is yours
Common mistakes
Lequel livre choisis-tu ?
Quel livre choisis-tu ?
Lequel is a pronoun and cannot directly determine a noun; use quel before a noun.
Related words
Grammar note
The relative pronoun lequel agrees in gender and number with its antecedent (lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles); when used as the object of a preposition, it must be combined with the preposition.