quinzaine

Borrowed from French quinzaine

quinzaine (plural quinzaines)

1. The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both days in the reckoning.
2. (poetry) A piece of verse having fifteen syllables.

quinze +‎ -aine

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.zɛn/

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quinzaine f (plural quinzaines)

1. 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.

2. A period of fifteen consecutive days. By extension, two weeks; a fortnight.

• centaine
• cinquantaine
• dizaine
• douzaine
• huitaine
• quarantaine
• soixantaine
• trentaine
• vingtaine

• “quinzaine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).