quince

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 2 Spanish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Cardinal number 2.3 Related terms

[edit] English

[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

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[edit] Spanish

• IPA: /ˈkin.θe/ (Castilian)
• IPA: /ˈkin.se/ (Seseo)
• SAMPA: /"kin.Te/ (Castilian)
• SAMPA: /"kin.se/ (Seseo)

[edit] Etymology

Latin quindecim

[edit] Cardinal number

quince m

1. fifteen.

[edit] Related terms

• quinceavo
• quincena
• quincenario
• quinceno
• cinco