different between quince vs quinte

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

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/

Noun

quinte (uncountable)

1. (fencing) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.

See also

• quint

Anagrams

• queint

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/

Adjective

quinte

1. feminine singular of quint

Noun

quinte f (plural quintes)

1. (fencing) quinte
2. (music) fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)
3. (card games) (five-card) straight
4. fit (of coughing)

Derived terms

• fausse quinte
• quinte augmentée
• quinte diminuée
• quinte flush
• quinte juste

Verb

quinte

1. first-person singular present indicative of quinter
2. third-person singular present indicative of quinter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quinter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quinter
5. second-person singular imperative of quinter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enquit, enquît

Interlingua

Adjective

quinte

1. fifth

Italian

Adjective

quinte f pl

1. feminine plural of quinto

Noun

quinte f

1. plural of quinta

Latin

Numeral

qu?nte

1. vocative masculine singular of qu?ntus

Old French

Adjective

quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quinte)

1. fifth (ordinal adjective)