quantité

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French quantité, from Old French quantite, from Latin quantitātem, possibly borrowed or semi-learned.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.te/
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Noun

quantité f (plural quantités)

  1. quantity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: kantite
  • Romanian: cantitate
  • Turkish: kantite

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French quantite.

Noun

quantité f (plural quantitez)

  1. quantity

Descendants

References

  • quantité on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)