different between quinze vs quince

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

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.