English Explanatory Dictionary

quince

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
  2. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
  3. A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
noun
  1. Clipping of quinceañera.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/kwɪns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quince.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-quince (color).wav /ˈkiːnseɪ/ /ˈkɪnseɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-quince (quinceañera).wav

Word forms

quince quinces

Etymology

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).

Derived words

Bengal quince Cape quince Chinese quince flowering quince Japanese quince Japan quince Maule's quince quince cheese quince curculio quincelike

Translations

Afrikaans: kweeper Afrikaans: kweeperboom Albanian: ftua Southern Altai: айва Armenian: սերկեւիլենի Aromanian: gutunjiu Aromanian: gutunj Aromanian: gutunju Aromanian: gãtunjiu Aromanian: gãtunj Avar: хӏавагӏеч Basque: irasagarrondo Bulgarian: дюля Catalan: codonyer Czech: kdouloň Dutch: kweepeer Dutch: kwee Esperanto: cidoniarbo Finnish: kvitteni French: cognassier Friulian: codognâr Galician: marmeleiro Georgian: კომში Georgian: ბია German: Quitte German: Quittenbaum Greek: κυδωνιά Hindi: वीही Hindi: बिही Hungarian: birsalmafa Hunsrik: Marmellebaam Irish: crann cainche Italian: melocotogno Italian: cotogno Japanese: マルメロ Kaitag: ччи́мсе Kumyk: гьайва Kumyk: гьайва терек Macedonian: ду́ња Norman: bouais d'coing Occitan: codonhièr Persian: به Persian: بهی Polish: pigwa Portuguese: marmelo Portuguese: marmeleiro Punjabi: ਬਿਹੀ Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀਫਲ Romanian: gutui Russian: айва́ Sardinian: chidonza Serbo-Croatian: дуња Serbo-Croatian: дуњeвина Serbo-Croatian: dunja Serbo-Croatian: dunjevina Sicilian: cutugnu Sicilian: cutugnara Slovene: kutina
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