quinzaine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French quinzaine.
Noun[edit]
quinzaine (plural quinzaines)
- The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both days in the reckoning.
- (poetry) A piece of verse having fifteen syllables.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quinzaine f (plural quinzaines)
- about fifteen people, about fifteen things, etc.
- Donnez-m’en une quinzaine. ― Give me about fifteen (of them).
- Nous étions une quinzaine. ― There were about fifteen of us.
- a period of fifteen consecutive days
- (by extension) two weeks; a fortnight
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “quinzaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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