quince

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

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Singular
quince

Plural
quinces

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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[edit] Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : decimoquintu

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From Latin quīndecim.

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quince (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) fifteen

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[edit] Galician

Galician cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : décimo quinto

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From Latin quīndecim.

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quince (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) fifteen

[edit] Spanish

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

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From Latin quīndecim.

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quince

  1. (cardinal) fifteen.

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