quinze

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See also: quinzè

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

Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
 ←  14 15 16  → 
    Cardinal: quinze
    Ordinal (Central): quinzè
    Ordinal (Valencian): quinzé

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quīndecim, from quīnque (five) + decem (ten). Compare French and Occitan quinze, Spanish quince, Italian quindici.

Pronunciation

Numeral

quinze m or f

  1. (cardinal number) fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

  1. fifteen

Related terms

Further reading

French

French numbers (edit)
 ←  14 15 16  → 
    Cardinal: quinze
    Ordinal: quinzième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 15e, (now nonstandard) 15ème

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French quinze, from Old French, from Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

Numeral

quinze (invariable)

  1. fifteen

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Louisiana Creole: kinz

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin quindecim.

Pronunciation

Numeral

quinze (invariable)

  1. fifteen (15)

Derived terms

Descendants

Occitan

Occitan cardinal numbers
 <  14 15 16  > 
    Cardinal : quinze

Etymology

From Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

Numeral

quinze

  1. fifteen

Related terms

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 803.

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  14 15 16  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: quinze
    Ordinal: décimo quinto
    Ordinal abbreviation: 15.º
    Fractional: quinze avos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: quin‧ze

Numeral

quinze m or f

  1. fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

  1. fifteen

Related terms

Spanish

Numeral

quinze

  1. Obsolete spelling of quince