quinzaine
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French quinzaine.
Noun edit
quinzaine (plural quinzaines)
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.