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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French quinzaine.
Noun
quinzaine (plural quinzaines)
- The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both days in the reckoning.
- (poetry) A piece of verse having fifteen syllables.
French
Etymology
From quinze + -aine.
Pronunciation
Noun
quinzaine f (plural quinzaines)
- about fifteen people, about fifteen things, etc.
- Donnez-m’en une quinzaine. ― Give me about fifteen (of them).
- Nous étions une quinzaine. ― There were about fifteen of us.
- a period of fifteen consecutive days
- (by extension) two weeks; a fortnight
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