different between medlar vs quince

English

Etymology

Via Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (méspilon). Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespil?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?medl?/

Noun

medlar (plural medlars)

1. Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica)
2. Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now often Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
3. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit
   1. Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae)
   2. Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae)
   3. Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae)
   4. Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae)
   5. African medlar (Vangueria infausta: family Rubiaceae)
   6. Wolfberry, goji, red medlar (Lycium spp.),
4. The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples
   1. especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.

      Synonym: open arse

5. (derogatory, intended sexually) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance mimics an "open-arse")
   • c. 1604: Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare

     I was once before him for getting a wench with child....but I was fain to forswear it; they would else have married me to the rotten medlar.

Derived terms

• African medlar (Vangueria infausta)
• common medlar (Mespilus germanica)
• Dutch medlar (Mespilus germanica)
• Japan medlar, Japanese medlar (loquat)
• Mediterranean medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
• Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
• red medlar (Lycium spp.)
• Savoy medlar (Amelanchier ovalis)
• Spanish medlar (Mimusops elengi
• Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens)
• Welsh medlar (Crataegus azarolus)

Translations

References

• medlar at OneLook Dictionary Search
• medlar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Mespilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mespilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mespilus at Plants of the World Online
• Crataegus at Plants of the World Online
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “medlar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Del Mar, Delmar, dermal, mardle, marled, merlad

Swedish

Verb

medlar

1. present tense of medla.

Anagrams

• armled

English

Etymology

From Middle English quince, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cot?neum, from Latin m?lum cot?neum, a variant of m?lum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek ???????????? (m?lokud?nion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• Japan quince
• quince curculio

Translations

Anagrams

• Cinque, cinque

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin qu?ndecim.

Numeral

quince (indeclinable)

1. fifteen

Derived terms

• quincenu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

Numeral

quince (indeclinable)

1. fifteen

Middle English

Noun

quince

1. Alternative form of quynce (“quince”)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• quinze (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?kin?e/, [?k?n?.?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?kinse/, [?k?n.se]

Numeral

quince

1. fifteen

Derived terms

Related terms

• cinco
• diez

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: kinse
• ? Tagalog: kinse

Further reading

• “quince” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.