quantia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kwənˈti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kwanˈti.a]

Noun

quantia f (plural quanties)

1. quantity, amount

   Synonym: quantitat

Further reading

• “quantia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quantia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “quantia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quantia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From quanto (“how much”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷanˈtia/

Noun

quantia f (plural quantias)

1. amount, sum
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r:

     Et el tirar que eſta faz, es ſegũd la quantia della ala del fierro que tira […]

     And the pull that it has depends on the amount of it [compared] to the iron it is pulling. […]

Synonyms

• quantidat

Descendants

• Spanish: cuantía

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈti.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: quan‧ti‧a

Etymology 1

From quanto +‎ -ia.

Noun

quantia f (plural quantias)

1. sum (portion of money)
2. amount

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Quantie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quantia

1. inflection of quantiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “quantia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “quantia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025