quintal

Meaning

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)

Concepts

hundredweight

quintal

hunderweight

decitonne

Synonyms

ciento peso

Translations

Zentner

quintale

quintal

mezzo quintale

quintal

q

εκατόκιλο

Doppelzentner

قِنْطَار

quintar

100 kg

1 kintal

demi-quintal

Hyphenated as

quin‧tal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kinˈtal/

Etymology

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.