quinze

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

• zequin

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.ze/
• Rhymes: -inze

Numeral

quinze m, f

1. (cardinal) fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃z/

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Numeral

quinze

1. fifteen

Further reading

• “quinze” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• niquez

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin quindecim.

Numeral

quinze (invariable)

1. fifteen (15)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkĩ.zi]
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈkĩ.zɨ]
• Hyphenation: quin‧ze

Numeral

quinze m, f

1. fifteen
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 168:

     [...] e voltou, quinze minutos depois, [...]

     [...] and he came back, fifteen minutes later, [...]

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Numeral

quinze

1. Obsolete spelling of quince