quintal
French, noun/kɛ̃.tal/
quintal is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quintal is a French masculine noun meaning “quintal, a nonstandard metric unit of mass equivalent to exactly 100 kg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne mesure de masse de 100 livres”.
What does quintal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequintal, a nonstandard metric unit of mass equivalent to exactly 100 kg
- 2
masculinequintal, French hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 49.95 kg
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne mesure de masse de 100 livres. 2. Unité de mesure de masse qui correspond à 100 kilogrammes (symbole : q). 3. Unité de mesure de masse anglo-saxonne, valant soit 100 livres (quintal court ou cental) ou 112 livres (quintal fort).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quintal
- quintaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quintal?
- /kɛ̃.tal/
- \kɛ̃.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quintal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quintal in French?
quintal appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).