quantite

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwantiˈteː/, /ˈkwantiteː/

Noun

quantite (plural quantites)

  1. Number, quantity or amount (either discrete or continuous):
    1. The amount that something can contain or hold; volume.
    2. A portion or part of a measured or reckoned value.
    3. A specified piece or quantity of a greater whole or unit.
    4. Degree, extent; the relative amount or significance of something.
    5. Amount or length of time (that something occurs or happens over]
  2. Dimension; how big or large something is (in two or three dimensions)
  3. (rare) The main or central portion of a thing.
  4. (rare) The frequency of sound; pitch.

Descendants

  • English: quantity

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