quince
English
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 μῆλον κυδώνιον (mêlon kudṓnion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɪns/
- Rhymes: -ɪns
Noun
quince (plural quinces)
- The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
- The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
Derived terms
- Japan quince
- quince curculio
Translations
fruit
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tree
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Asturian
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : decimoquintu | ||
Derived terms
- quincenu
Galician
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : décimo quinto | ||
Etymology
From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation
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Middle English
Spanish
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : decimoquinto | ||
Alternative forms
- quinze (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin quīndecim.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈkinθe/, [ˈkĩn̟θe]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈkinse/, [ˈkĩnse]
Derived terms
- quinceaños
- quinceavo
- quincena
- quincenario
- quinceno
Further reading
- “quince” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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