quintal
/ˈkwɪntl/noun, adjective
quintal is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-L: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quintal means “Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quintal is quintals.
How many letters and syllables are in quintal?
| Letters | 7: Q-U-I-N-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is quintal?
Quintal appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce quintal?
- US /ˈkwɪntl/
- US /ˈkwɪnl/
- UK /ˈkwɪntl/
Quintal has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quintal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quintal
- quintals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quintal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
- 2
Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
- 3
An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
- 4
A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
adjective
- 1
Referring to five (or more) things; of, in or relating to the quintal grammatical number.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quintal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense metric quintal of 100 kg:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | quintal |
| German | Quintal, Doppelzentner, Zentner, Dezitonne |
| Portuguese | quintal |
| Spanish | quintal métrico, quintal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quintal come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).