See also: Quince

EnglishEdit

 
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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).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kwɪns/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪns

NounEdit

quince (plural quinces)

  1. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
  2. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
  3. A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
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Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːnseɪ/, /ˈkɪnseɪ/

NounEdit

quince (plural quinces)

  1. (informal) Short for quinceañera.
    quince dress

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

Asturian cardinal numbers
<  14 15 16  >
    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : decimoquintu

EtymologyEdit

From Latin quīndecim.

NumeralEdit

quince (indeclinable)

  1. fifteen

Derived termsEdit

GalicianEdit

Galician cardinal numbers
<  14 15 16  >
    Cardinal : quince
    Ordinal : décimo quinto

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

quince (indeclinable)

  1. fifteen

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

quince

  1. Alternative form of quynce (quince)

SpanishEdit

Spanish numbers (edit)
←  14 15 16  →
    Cardinal: quince
    Ordinal: decimoquinto, décimo quinto
    Ordinal abbreviation: 15.º
    Fractional: quinceavo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 15

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin quīndecim.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkinθe/ [ˈkĩn̟.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkinse/ [ˈkĩn.se]
  • (file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -inθe
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -inse
  • Syllabification: quin‧ce

NumeralEdit

quince

  1. fifteen

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Cebuano: kinse
  • Tagalog: kinse

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