quintal

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
2. (historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
3. An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.

Adj

Referring to five (or more) things; of, in or relating to the quintal grammatical number.

Sinonieme

hundredweight

centner

cental

cwt

short hundredweight

100 kg

decitonne

metric centner

q

q

spring balance

steelyard

Vertalings

quintal

quintal

Doppelzentner

centenaar

Zentner

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkwɪntl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: -

In summary

Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quintal, from Middle French quintal, from Old French and Medieval Latin quintale and quintallus (“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 the neuter of centēnārius (“having 100 things”). Use for various non-English units, borrowed from French quintal, Spanish quintal, Portuguese quintal, etc. The apparent relation to quint- (“five, fivefold”) and -al (forming adjectives) is accidental, although it possibly influenced the eventual spelling of the term. Doublet of centenary, centner, and kantar.