different between french vs quinze

English

Etymology

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: fr?nch, IPA^(key): /f??nt??/, [f???n?t??]
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)

1. (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
2. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
3. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
4. (cooking) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Synonyms

• (to kiss while inserting tongue): French kiss, French

Derived terms

• frenched

Translations

See also

• French
• julienne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quinze (“fifteen”).

Noun

quinze (uncountable)

1. An old French card game of Spanish origin, players attempting to make fifteen points.

Anagrams

• zequin

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?kin.z?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kin.ze/
• Rhymes: -inze

Numeral

quinze m or f

1. fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Related terms

• cinc
• deu

Further reading

• “quinze” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quinze” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “quinze” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quinze” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French quinze, from Old French, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??z/

Numeral

quinze

1. fifteen

Derived terms

• quinzième
• quinze jours

Related terms

• cinq
• dix

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• niquez

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin quindecim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.z?/

Numeral

quinze (invariable)

1. fifteen (15)

Derived terms

• quinziesme

Descendants

• French: quinze

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin qu?ndecim.

Numeral

quinze

1. fifteen

Related terms

• quinzen

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 803.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?k?.z?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?.zi/
• Hyphenation: quin?ze

Numeral

quinze m or f

1. fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Related terms

• cinco
• dez

Spanish

Numeral

quinze

1. Obsolete spelling of quince