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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English quince, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).
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.
- A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
- quince:
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fruit
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tree
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Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quince (plural quinces)
- (informal) Short for quinceañera.
- quince dress
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : decimoquintu | ||
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
quince (indeclinable)
Derived terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : décimo quinto | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
quince (indeclinable)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
quince
- Alternative form of quynce (“quince”)
Spanish[edit]
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Cardinal: quince Ordinal: decimoquinto Fractional: quinceavo |
Alternative forms[edit]
- quinze (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkinθe/, [ˈkĩn̟.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkinse/, [ˈkĩn.se]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Numeral[edit]
quince
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “quince”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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