Anglais modifier

Étymologie modifier

Du latin quid pro quo.

Locution nominale modifier

Singulier Pluriel
quid pro quo
\ˌkwɪd.pɹəʊ.ˈkwəʊ\
quid pro quos
ou quid pro quibus
\ˌkwɪd.pɹəʊ.ˈkwəʊz\
ou \?\

quid pro quo \ˌkwɪd.pɹəʊ.ˈkwəʊ\

  1. Contrepartie, compensation, donnant-donnant.
    • Terns? If I help you, Clarice, it will be "turns" for us too. Quid pro quo – I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no? — (Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
  2. quiproquo

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Voir aussi modifier

  • quid pro quo sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)  
  • quiproquo sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia