quince

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Asturian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Numeral 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Galician 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Numeral 4 Spanish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Cardinal number 4.3.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French cooin (modern coing), from late Latin (malum) cotoneum, a variant of malum Cydonium ‘Cydonian apple’, translating Greek μήλον κυδώνιον.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪns/

  Rhymes: -ɪns

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ceinqu
• cinque

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[edit] Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quince     Ordinal : decimoquintu

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quīndecim.

[edit] Numeral

quince (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) fifteen

[edit] Derived terms

• quincenu

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[edit] Galician

Galician cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quince     Ordinal : décimo quinto

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quīndecim.

[edit] Numeral

quince (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) fifteen

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[edit] Spanish

Spanish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quince     Ordinal : decimoquinto

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quīndecim.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA: /ˈkin.θe/, SAMPA: /"kin.Te/
• (Dialects with z merged to s) IPA: /ˈkin.se/, SAMPA: /"kin.se/

[edit] Cardinal number

quince

1. (cardinal) fifteen.

[edit] Related terms

• quinceaños
• quinceavo
• quincena
• quincenario
• quinceno
• cinco