quinzeno

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Old Spanish

Old Spanish ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : quinze
    Ordinal : quinzeno
    Adverbial : quinze vezes

Etymology

From quinze (fifteen) +‎ -eno.

Pronunciation

Adjective

quinzeno m (feminine quinzena, masculine plural quinzenos, feminine plural quinzenas)

  1. fifteenth
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 15v:
      Del quinzeno grado del ſigno de tauro es la piedra que pareſce enla mar quando ſube la planeta uenus.
      Of the fifteenth degree of the sign of Taurus is the stone that appears in the sea when the planet Venus rises.

Descendants

  • Spanish: quinceno, quincena