quinconce

Meaning

1. (Ancient-Rome, feminine, historical, invariable, masculine) five twelfths
2. (Ancient-Rome, feminine, historical, invariable, masculine) quincunx (5/12 of an as)
3. (Ancient-Rome, feminine, historical, invariable, masculine) 5/12 of a Roman foot
4. (feminine, invariable, masculine) quincunx (arrangement of five units)
5. (feminine, invariable, masculine) a plantation made at equal distances in a straight row, giving multiple alleys of trees in different directions

Concepts

quincunx

Translations

moneda

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quinconce

groepering per vijf

quincuncio

Hyphenated as

quin‧cón‧ce

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwinˈkon.t͡ʃe/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīncuncem, derived from quīnque (“five”) + uncia (“ounce”).