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quince

Spanish, number/ˈkinθe/

quince is spelled Q-U-I-N-C-E (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,991st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quince is a Spanish number meaning “fifteen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Catorce y uno”.

What does quince mean in English?

number

  1. 1

    fifteen

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

number: 1. Catorce y uno. 2. Que ocupa el decimoquinto lugar en una serie. 3. Que está quince veces. Se usa delante de un sustantivo, pero también puede ir solo.

noun: 1. Signo o signos usados para representar al número que tiene quince unidades. 2. Nombre del número 15. 3. Equipo de rugby. 4. Juego de naipes similar al siete y medio.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of quince

  • quinze alternative obsolete
  • quinces plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce quince?

  • /ˈkinθe/
  • [ˈkĩn̟.θe]
  • /ˈkinse/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to quince

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is quince in Spanish?

quince appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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