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quinzaine

quinzaine noun: the fifteenth day after a feast day, including both days in the reckoning.

Noun

quinzaine (plural quinzaines)

  1. The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both days in the reckoning.
  2. A piece of verse having fifteen syllables.

Forms of quinzaine

pluralquinzaines

Origin of quinzaine

Borrowed from French quinzaine.

Questions about quinzaine

What does quinzaine mean?
Quinzaine means the fifteenth day after a feast day, including both days in the reckoning.
What part of speech is quinzaine?
Quinzaine is a noun.
What is the plural of quinzaine?
The plural of quinzaine is quinzaines.

Words near quinzaine in the dictionary

  1. quinuclidinyls
  2. quinupramine
  3. quinupristin
  4. quinvigintillion
  5. Quinzai
  6. quinzaine
  7. quinzaines
  8. Quinzay
  9. quinze
  10. quinzee
  11. quinzees

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