quintal

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) quintal (an unofficial metric unit of mass equal to exactly 100 kg)
2. (historical, masculine) quintal, Spanish hundredweight (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 100 libras, or about 46 kg)

Sinonieme

ciento peso

Vertalings

Zentner

hundredweight

quintale

quintal

quintal

mezzo quintale

q

quintal

1 kintal

demi-quintal

quintar

Doppelzentner

εκατόκιλο

hunderweight

Gekoppel as

quin‧tal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kinˈtal/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Andalusian Arabic and 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 adjectives). Doublet of centenario.