quintal
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman quintal, Middle French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centēnārium. Doublet of centenary.
Pronunciation
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Noun
quintal (plural quintals)
- (historical except India) A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight.
- Synonym: 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.
- One hundred kilograms.
Usage notes
The quintal is not standardized in the International System of Units. In modern use it usually corresponds to 100 kilograms; before the introduction of the metric system the value varied according to the weight of the local pound. A French quintal was 49.951 kg, a Portuguese quintal 58.75 kg, a Spanish quintal 46.014 kg and an Italian quintale 32.67 kg (in Milan).
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French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French quintal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. quintale, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin centenarius.
Pronunciation
Noun
quintal m (plural quintaux)
- (historical) quintal (49.951 kg)
- quintal (100 kg)
Further reading
- “quintal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French quintal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. quintale, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin centenarius.
Noun
quintal m (plural quintaulx)
- quintal (hundredweight)
Old French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. quintale, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin centenarius.
Noun
quintal oblique singular, m (oblique plural quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative singular quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative plural quintal)
- quintal (hundredweight)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: quin‧tal
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese quintãal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. *quintanale; or from quinta + -al.
Noun
quintal m (plural quintais)
- yard (land around a house)
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "gkm" is not valid. See WT:LOL. κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin centēnārium (“hundredweight”).
Noun
quintal m (plural quintais)
- quintal (one hundred kilograms)
Spanish
Alternative forms
- qq (abbreviation)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. quintale, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin centenarius.
Noun
quintal m (plural quintales)
Usage notes
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
Zoogocho Zapotec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish quintal.
Noun
quintal
References
- Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 286
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