different between quinze vs quinte

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 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)