quince

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English quynce, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kwɪns/ Rhymes: -ɪns ==== Noun ==== quince (countable and uncountable, plural quinces) (countable) The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga. (countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia. A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince. ===== Hypernyms ===== fruit pome ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Thai: ควินซ์ (kwíns) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of quinceañera. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkiːnseɪ/, /ˈkɪnseɪ/ ==== Noun ==== quince (plural quinces) (informal) Clipping of quinceañera. === Anagrams === Cinque, cinque == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin quīndecim. === Numeral === quince (indeclinable) fifteen ==== Derived terms ==== quincenu == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish quince (“fifteen”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkinse/, [ˈkĩn.se] Hyphenation: quin‧ce === Numeral === quince fifteen ==== Related terms ==== == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese quinze, from Latin quīndecim. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: quin‧ce === Numeral === quince (indeclinable) fifteen == Middle English == === Noun === quince alternative form of quynce (“quince”) == Spanish == === Alternative forms === quinze (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish quinze, quindze, from Latin quīndecim. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkinθe/ [ˈkĩn̟.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈkinse/ [ˈkĩn.se] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -inθe (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -inse (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: quin‧ce === Numeral === quince fifteen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: kinse → Tagalog: kinse === Further reading === “quince”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025