quince
See also: Quince
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English quince, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).
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NounEdit
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.
- A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
- quince:
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TranslationsEdit
fruit
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tree
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
quince (plural quinces)
- (informal) Short for quinceañera.
- quince dress
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : decimoquintu | ||
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
quince (indeclinable)
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GalicianEdit
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Cardinal : quince Ordinal : décimo quinto | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
quince (indeclinable)
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
quince
- Alternative form of quynce (“quince”)
SpanishEdit
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Cardinal: quince Ordinal: decimoquinto, décimo quinto Ordinal abbreviation: 15.º Fractional: quinceavo | ||
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Alternative formsEdit
- quinze (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin quīndecim.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkinθe/ [ˈkĩn̟.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkinse/ [ˈkĩn.se]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -inθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -inse
- Syllabification: quin‧ce
NumeralEdit
quince
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DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “quince”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014