different between quince vs bael

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.

English

Alternative forms

• bel

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (bilv) or Marathi ??? (bel), from Sanskrit ????? (vilva) or ????? (bailva).

Noun

bael (plural baels)

1. A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra, Orient Black Swan 2015, p. 2:

     In the courtyard there were fruit and flowering trees appropriate for the worship of Mahadev, as also a bel tree.

2. The fruit of the tree, also called the wood apple.

Synonyms

• Bengal quince

Translations

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, able, albe, bale, beal, blea

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?el

Noun

bael

1. the bael tree (Aegle marmelos)
2. the fruit of this tree; the wood apple