quince

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum < mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (Cydonian apple), translating Ancient Greek μήλον κυδώνιον (melon kudonion).

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quince (plural quinces)

  1. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
  2. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

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Asturian [edit]

Asturian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : decimoquintu

Etymology [edit]

From Latin quīndecim.

Numeral [edit]

quince (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) fifteen

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Galician [edit]

Galician cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : décimo quinto

Etymology [edit]

From Latin quīndecim.

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Numeral [edit]

quince (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) fifteen

Spanish [edit]

Spanish cardinal numbers
 <  14 15 16  > 
    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : decimoquinto

Etymology [edit]

From Latin quīndecim.

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quince

  1. (cardinal) fifteen.

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