Noun

conque (plural conques)Category:English lemmas#CONQUECategory:English nouns#CONQUECategory:English countable nouns#CONQUECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONQUECategory:Pages with entries#CONQUECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONQUE

1. Alternative spelling of conch.

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#CONQUECategory:French terms derived from Latin#CONQUE concha. Doublet of concheCategory:French doublets#CONQUE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃k/Category:French 1-syllable words#CONQUECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CONQUE

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CONQUE

Noun

conque f (plural conques)Category:French lemmas#CONQUECategory:French nouns#CONQUECategory:French countable nouns#CONQUECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CONQUECategory:French feminine nouns#CONQUECategory:Pages with entries#CONQUECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONQUE

1. conch (the mollusk)

Further reading

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

Etymology

Attested since 1697. Probably borrowed from SpanishCategory:Galician terms borrowed from Spanish#CONQUECategory:Galician terms derived from Spanish#CONQUE conque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoŋkɪ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#CONQUE

Conjunction

conqueCategory:Galician lemmas#CONQUECategory:Galician conjunctions#CONQUECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CONQUECategory:Pages with entries#CONQUECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONQUE

1. consequently, thus, hence, so

   Synonyms: así que, de xeito que

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “conque”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “conque”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “conque”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From con +‎ queCategory:Spanish compound terms#CONQUE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkonke/ [ˈkõŋ.ke]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CONQUECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CONQUE
• Rhymes: -onkeCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/onke#CONQUECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/onke/2 syllables#CONQUE
• Syllabification: con‧que

Conjunction

conqueCategory:Spanish lemmas#CONQUECategory:Spanish conjunctions#CONQUECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CONQUECategory:Pages with entries#CONQUECategory:Pages with 4 entries#CONQUE

1. consequently, thus, hence, so

   Synonyms: así que, por ende, por lo tanto, de ahí, por eso

   • 2020 June 13, Mario Vargas Llosa, “Borges en su casa. Una entrevista de Mario Vargas Llosa”, in El País‎:

     Alicia Jurado escribió un libro sobre mí. Yo le agradecí, le dije: “Sé que es bueno, pero el tema no me interesa o quizás me interesa demasiado, conque no voy a leerlo”.

     Alicia Jurado wrote a book about me. I thanked her and said, “I know it's good, but I'm not interested in the subject, or perhaps I'm overly interested in it, so I'm not going to read it.”

     Category:Spanish terms with quotations#CONQUE

2. so (used to express surprise)

   Synonym: así que

   ¡Conque hoy estabas enfermo!

   So you were ill today!

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#CONQUE

Further reading

• “conque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025