quinceno

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe

Latin quīnque

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Italic *dekəm

Latin decem

Latin quīndecim

Old Spanish quinze

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Latin quīndecim

Old Spanish quindze

Spanish quince

Proto-Indo-European *-nósder.

Latin -ēnus

Spanish -eno

Spanish quinceno

From quince + -eno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kinˈθeno/ [kĩn̟ˈθe.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kinˈseno/ [kĩnˈse.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: quin‧ce‧no

Adjective

quinceno (feminine quincena, masculine plural quincenos, feminine plural quincenas)

1. fifteenth

   Synonym: decimoquinto

Further reading

• “quinceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025