It's normally written as "qu'est-ce que", a contraction for "que est-ce que", and it literally means "what is it that", thought it's used the way we'd say "what is". So, it's not a stand-alone phrase. You'd always be asking "qu'est-ce que [something]". For example, in the Talking Heads song Psycho Killer, the singer repeatedly asks "qu'est-ce que c'est" (pronounced kess kuh say), and he's asking "what is this" (or literally, "what is it that this is")
"Qu'est-ce que" is a French phrase that translates to "What is it that" or "What is." It is often used to ask questions in French.
What does quel jour est-ce mean?Question type of sentence.'Jour" : day --> representation/ positionning in time space'est-ce": is it? /What? --> interogationAnswer: Quel jour est-ce? (What day is it?)
"Ou est-ce qu'elle habite?" is French for "Where does she live?"
This French phrase translates to "What is it?" in English. To respond, you should provide a brief explanation or description of the topic in question.
"Quand est-ce que tu es né?" is French for "When were you born?"
"est-ce que tu es..." means "are you...". Est-ce que is a very common question form, roughly meaning "is it". "Est-ce que tu es un garçon" would read "is it that you are a boy?" if we translated that literally.
What is it.
that means : what is it ?
she is what she is
Qu'est-ce qu'un texte? - what is a text?
It means: "What can a man do?"
What happened
What is IT maintenance?
In English, "What do I do afterward?"
Un serveur est le pivot central d'un réseau informatique
"Qu'est-ce que tu fais le soir?" "What are you doing tonight?"**Actually this would mean "What do you do at night," in the sense of what you generally do most evenings. If you want to ask what somebody is doing tonight, it's Qu-est-ce que tu fais ce soir or Que fais-tu ce soir.**
What have you got in your bag?
Qu'est-ce que c'est? in French means "What is it?" in English.