quince
English
Etymology
From Middle English quince, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), borrowed 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
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
fruit
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tree
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Anagrams
Asturian
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : decimoquintu | ||
Etymology
Numeral
quince (indeclinable)
Derived terms
Galician
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : décimo quinto | ||
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Numeral
quince (indeclinable)
Middle English
Noun
quince
- Alternative form of quynce (“quince”)
Spanish
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Cardinal: quince Ordinal: decimoquinto, décimo quinto Ordinal abbreviation: 15.º Fractional: quinceavo | ||
Spanish Wikipedia article on 15 |
Alternative forms
- quinze (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation
Numeral
quince
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “quince”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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