quintal – French noun declension

French noun forms of quintal

Noun: quintal
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mquintal
Plural mquintaux

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), from centēnī (“100 things”) + -ārius (“-ary”, forming related adjective). Doublet of centenaire. See: Latin Nouns 'centēnārium'.

Verbs referencing "quintal"

English Nouns quintal, Romanian Nouns chintal, Polish Nouns kwintal.

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