coing

French

coing

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cooing, from Latin cotōneum, ultimately from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɛ̃/

• Audio; “du coing”:

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• Homophones: coin, coings, coins

Noun

coing m (plural coings)

1. quince (pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family) (Cydonia oblonga)

Derived terms

• bourré comme un coing

Related terms

• cognasse
• cotignac

Further reading

• “coing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

coing

1. alternative form of coyn (“quince”)