quintal

Meaning

1. (masculine) quintal, a nonstandard metric unit of mass equivalent to exactly 100 kg
2. (historical, masculine) quintal, French hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 49.95 kg

Concepts

quintal

hundredweight

centner

cwt

doppelzentner

short hundredweight

cental

metric hundredweight

Translations

quintale

Zentner

quintal

quintal

quintar

kental

εκατόκιλο

centenaar

قِنْطَار

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɛ̃.tal/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: quintal

In summary

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.