quintal
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman quintal, Middle French quintal, from Late Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quintal (plural quintals)
- (now historical) A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 204:
- In one import license alone, the merchant in question was instructed to bring in 13,000 quintals of alum, which, snapped up by industries in England and the Low Countries, would yield the king a cool £8,666 13s 4d.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 204:
- One hundred kilograms.
Translations[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.
Noun[edit]
quintal m (plural quintaux)
Further reading[edit]
- “quintal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.
Noun[edit]
quintal m (plural quintaulx)
- quintal (hundredweight)
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.
Noun[edit]
quintal m (oblique plural quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative singular quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative plural quintal)
- quintal (hundredweight)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Portuguese quintãal, from Vulgar Latin *quintanale; or from quinta + -al.
Noun[edit]
quintal m (plural quintais)
- yard (land around a house)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
Noun[edit]
quintal m (plural quintais)
- quintal (one hundred kilograms)
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- qq (abbreviation)
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.
Noun[edit]
quintal m (plural quintales)
Usage notes[edit]
The exact definition of a quintal varies locally, usually being 46 kg or 100 kg (if the latter is meant, it may be distinguished by being called the quintal métrico).
See also[edit]
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Units of measure
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Arabic
- French terms derived from Latin
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Arabic
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Old French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Old French terms derived from Arabic
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese words suffixed with -al
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms with multiple etymologies
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- es:Units of measure
