quince
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English [edit]
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).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
quince (plural quinces)
- The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
- The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
Translations [edit]
fruit
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tree
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Anagrams [edit]
Asturian [edit]
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| Cardinal : quince Ordinal : decimoquintu |
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin quīndecim.
Numeral [edit]
quince (indeclinable)
- (cardinal) fifteen
Derived terms [edit]
Galician [edit]
| < 14 | 15 | 16 > |
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| Cardinal : quince Ordinal : décimo quinto |
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Numeral [edit]
quince (indeclinable)
- (cardinal) fifteen
Spanish [edit]
| < 14 | 15 | 16 > |
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| Cardinal : quince Ordinal : decimoquinto |
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Castilian) IPA: /ˈkin.θe/, X-SAMPA: /"kin.Te/
- (Dialects with z merged to s) IPA: /ˈkin.se/, X-SAMPA: /"kin.se/
Cardinal number [edit]
quince
- (cardinal) fifteen.
Related terms [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English nouns
- en:Fruits
- en:Trees
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian numerals
- ast:Cardinal numbers
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician numerals
- gl:Cardinal numbers
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- es:Cardinal numbers