quinze

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

• zequin

Catalan

Catalan numbers ^(edit)

←  14	15	16  →
Cardinal: quinze     Ordinal (Central): quinzè     Ordinal (Valencian): quinzé
Catalan Wikipedia article on 15

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkin.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkin.ze]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -inze

Numeral

quinze m or f

1. (cardinal number) fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Related terms

• cinc
• deu

Further reading

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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quīndecim.

Numeral

quinze (invariable) (ORB, broad)

1. fifteen

References

• quinze in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• quinze in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

French numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: quinze     Ordinal: quinzième     Ordinal abbreviation: 15e, (now nonstandard) 15ème
French Wikipedia article on 15

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃z/

• Audio:

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Numeral

quinze (invariable)

1. fifteen

Derived terms

• rugby à quinze
• quinze-A
• quinzième
• quinze jours

Related terms

• cinq
• dix

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: kinz

Further reading

• “quinze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• niquez

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin quindecim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkĩː.zə/

Numeral

quinze (invariable)

1. fifteen (15)

Derived terms

• quinziesme

Descendants

• French: quinze

Occitan

Occitan cardinal numbers

<  14	15	16  >
Cardinal : quinze

Etymology

From Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Numeral

quinze

1. fifteen

Related terms

• quinzen

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, 15º     Fractional: quinze avos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.zɨ/

• Hyphenation: quin‧ze

Numeral

quinze m or f

1. fifteen
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 168:

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

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

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Related terms

• cinco
• dez

Spanish

Numeral

quinze

1. Obsolete spelling of quince.