quintal
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- quintale (chiefly Italian contexts)
- kintal, kintle, kantal, kental, kentle (dialectical)
- quintell, quintall, quintaile, quintail, kyntal, kyntall, kyntayl, kintall, kyntal, kentall, kentell (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quintal, from Middle French quintal, from Old French and Medieval Latin quintale and quintallus (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), from centēnārius (“having 100 things”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Use for various non-English units, borrowed from French quintal, Spanish quintal, Portuguese quintal, &c. The apparent relation to quint- (“five, fivefold”) and -al (“forming adjectives”) is accidental, although it possibly influenced the eventual spelling of the term. Doublet of centenary and kantar.
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪntl/, /ˈkwɪnl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪntl/, /ˈkwɪntəl/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɪntəl
NounEdit
quintal (plural quintals)
- (historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 204:
- In one import license alone, the merchant in question was instructed to bring in 13,000 quintals of alum, which, snapped up by industries in England and the Low Countries, would yield the king a cool £8,666 13s 4d.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 204:
- (historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
- An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
Usage notesEdit
Historically, the value varied with local values of pounds by time, location, and substance. At the time of metricization, the French quintal was 49.951 kg, the Portuguese quintal was 58.75 kg, the Spanish quintal was 46.014 kg, and the Milanese quintal was 32.67 kg. The present metric quintal is not officially recognized as part of the metric system.
Coordinate termsEdit
- (Spanish unit of mass): libra (1/100 quintal), arroba (¼ quintal), tonelada (20 quintals)
- (Portuguese unit of mass): arratel (1⁄128 quintal), arroba (1⁄4 quintal), quintalejo (1⁄2 quintal), tonelada (13 1⁄2 quintals)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), from centeni (“100 things”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming related adjectives”). Doublet of centenaire.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
quintal m (plural quintaux)
- quintal, a nonstandard metric unit of mass equivalent to exactly 100 kg
- (historical) quintal, French hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 49.95 kg
Further readingEdit
- “quintal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), from centeni (“100 things”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming related adjectives”).
NounEdit
quintal m (plural quintaulx)
- (historical) quintal, French hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), from centeni (“100 things”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming related adjectives”).
NounEdit
quintal m (oblique plural quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative singular quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative plural quintal)
- (historical) quintal, French hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese quintãal, from Vulgar Latin *quintanale; or from quinta + -al.
NounEdit
quintal m (plural quintais)
- yard (land around a house)
Etymology 2Edit
From Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”). Doublet of centenário.
NounEdit
quintal m (plural quintais)
- quintal, a nonstandard unit of mass equal to 100 kg
- (historical) quintal, Portuguese hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass usually equivalent to 58.7 kg
SynonymsEdit
- (metric unit): quintal métrico
Coordinate termsEdit
- (historical unit): arrátel (1⁄128 quintal), arroba (1⁄4 quintal), quintalejo (1⁄2 quintal), tonelada (13 1⁄2 quintals)
Derived termsEdit
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- qq (abbreviation)
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), from centeni (“100 things”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming related adjectives”). Doublet of centenario.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
quintal m (plural quintales)
- quintal, an unofficial metric unit of mass equal to exactly 100 kg
- (chiefly historical) quintal, Spanish hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 46 kg
Usage notesEdit
Historically, the quintal varied by region, over time, and depending on the object being measured.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Zoogocho Zapotec: quintal
Further readingEdit
- “quintal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Zoogocho ZapotecEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish quintal.
NounEdit
quintal
ReferencesEdit
- Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 286