quince

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English

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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).

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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.

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Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  14 15 16  > 
    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : decimoquintu

Etymology

From Latin quīndecim.

Numeral

quince (indeclinable)

  1. fifteen

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Galician

Galician cardinal numbers
 <  14 15 16  > 
    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : décimo quinto

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

quince (indeclinable)

  1. fifteen

Middle English

Noun

quince

  1. Alternative form of quynce (quince)

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
 ←  14 15 16  → 
    Cardinal: quince
    Ordinal: decimoquinto, décimo quinto
    Ordinal abbreviation: 15.º
    Fractional: quinceavo

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkinθe/ [ˈkĩn̟.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkinse/ [ˈkĩn.se]

Numeral

quince

  1. fifteen

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