quince
Betekenis (Engels)
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
Sinonieme
Cydonia oblonga
quince bush
spunk
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kwɪns/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
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).
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