quince

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Probably a topographic surname for someone who lived by a quince tree or a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of quinces.

From Middle English quynce, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).

Clipping of quinceañera.

197 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: абиа (abja) — fruit
• Afrikaans: kweper — fruit
• Akkadian: 𒄑𒄒𒆳𒊏 (supurgillu) — fruit
• Albanian: ftua — fruit
• Southern Altai: айва (ayva) — fruit
• Arabic: سَفَرْجَل (safarjal) — fruit
• Arabic: سَفَرْجَل (safarjal) — fruit
• Iraqi Arabic: حيوة (ḥēwa) — fruit
• Arabic: سفرجل (sfarjal) — fruit
• Aragonese: bembrillo — fruit
• Aramaic: ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ (ʾespargəlā) — fruit
• Aramaic: ܣܦܪܓܠܐ (spargəlā) — fruit
• Armenian: սերկեւիլ (serkewil) — fruit
• Aromanian: gutunji — fruit
• Aromanian: gutunje — fruit
• Aromanian: gãtunji — fruit
• Asturian: marmiellu — fruit
• Asturian: maramiellu — fruit
• Avar: хӏавагӏеч (ḥrawaʻeč) — fruit
• Avar: бигь (bih) — fruit
• Azerbaijani: heyva — fruit
• Basque: irasagar — fruit
• Belarusian: айва́ (ajvá) — fruit
• Bulgarian: дю́ля (djúlja) — fruit
• Catalan: codony — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 榲桲 /榅桲 (wēnpo, yùnbó) — fruit
• Czech: kdoule — fruit
• Danish: kvæde — fruit
• Dutch: kweepeer — fruit
• Esperanto: cidonio — fruit
• Estonian: küdoonia — fruit
• Faroese: kveði — fruit
• Finnish: kvitteni — fruit
• French: coing — fruit
• Friulian: codogn — fruit
• Galician: marmelo — fruit
• Georgian: კომში (ḳomši) — fruit
• Georgian: ბია (bia) — fruit
• German: Quitte — fruit
• Greek: κυδώνι (kydóni) — fruit
• Ancient Greek: κυδώνιον (kudṓnion) — fruit
• Ancient Greek: μῆλον στρουθίον (mêlon strouthíon) — fruit
• Hebrew: חַבּוּשׁ (chabúsh) — fruit
• Hindi: वीही (vīhī) — fruit
• Hindi: बिही (bihī) — fruit
• Hungarian: birs — fruit
• Hungarian: birsalma — fruit
• Hungarian: birskörte — fruit
• Hunsrik: Marmell — fruit
• Icelandic: roðarunnaepli — fruit
• Irish: cainche — fruit
• Italian: mela cotogna — fruit
• Italian: cotogna — fruit
• Japanese: マルメロ (marumero) — fruit
• Kaitag: ччи́мсе (ččímse) — fruit
• Kazakh: айва (aiva) — fruit
• Kazakh: беге (bege) — fruit
• Korean: 마르멜로 (mareumello) — fruit
• Kumyk: гьайва (haywa) — fruit
• Central Kurdish: بەھێ (behê) — fruit
• Central Kurdish: بەی (bey) — fruit
• Central Kurdish: بێ (bê) — fruit
• Northern Kurdish: bih — fruit
• Northern Kurdish: bî — fruit
• Northern Kurdish: bîhok — fruit
• Northern Kurdish: biyok — fruit
• Kyrgyz: айва (ayva) — fruit
• Kyrgyz: бихи (bihi) — fruit
• Ladino: bimbriyo — fruit
• Ladino: bembriyo — fruit
• Lak: бигь (bih) — fruit
• Latin: cotonium — fruit
• Lithuanian: svarainis — fruit
• Low German: Quitt — fruit
• Luxembourgish: Quitt — fruit
• Macedonian: дуња (dunja) — fruit
• Malay: safarjal — fruit
• Maltese: sfarġel — fruit
• Māori: kuini — fruit
• Māori: kuinihi — fruit
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvede — fruit
• Occitan: codonh — fruit
• Old English: godæpple — fruit
• Ossetian: къомси (k’omsi) — fruit
• Ossetian: биа (bia) — fruit
• Persian: به (beh) — fruit
• Persian: بهی (behi) — fruit
• Polish: pigwa — fruit
• Portuguese: marmelo — fruit
• Punjabi: ਬਿਹੀ (bihī) — fruit
• Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀਫਲ (srīphal) — fruit
• Romanian: gutuie — fruit
• Romansh: cudogn — fruit
• Russian: айва́ (ajvá) — fruit
• Scottish Gaelic: cuinnse — fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: дуња — fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: dunja — fruit
• Sicilian: cutugnu — fruit
• Sindhi: بھي (bihī) — fruit
• Slovak: dula — fruit
• Slovene: kutina — fruit
• Lower Sorbian: dula — fruit
• Lower Sorbian: kwitula — fruit
• Lower Sorbian: kwjada — fruit
• Upper Sorbian: kwita — fruit
• Sotho: kwepere — fruit
• Spanish: membrillo — fruit
• Swedish: kvitten — fruit
• Tajik: биҳӣ (bihi) — fruit
• Tajik: беҳ (beh) — fruit
• Thai: ควินซ์ (kwíns) — fruit
• Tigrinya: ኮቶኛ (kotoña) — fruit
• Turkish: ayva — fruit
• Ottoman Turkish: سفرجل (sefercel) — fruit
• Ukrainian: айва́ (ajvá) — fruit
• Uyghur: بېھى (bëhi) — fruit
• Uyghur: بىيە (biye) — fruit
• Uzbek: behi — fruit
• Venetan: codogno — fruit
• Vietnamese: mộc qua — fruit
• Volapük: kvit — fruit
• Welsh: cwins — fruit
• Welsh: afal cwins — fruit
• Welsh: clesinen — fruit
• Zazaki: bey — fruit
• Afrikaans: kweeper — tree
• Afrikaans: kweeperboom — tree
• Albanian: ftua — tree
• Southern Altai: айва (ayva) — tree
• Aragonese: bembrillero — tree
• Armenian: սերկեւիլենի (serkewileni) — tree
• Aromanian: gutunjiu — tree
• Aromanian: gutunj — tree
• Aromanian: gutunju — tree
• Aromanian: gãtunjiu — tree
• Aromanian: gãtunj — tree
• Avar: хӏавагӏеч (ḥrawaʻeč) — tree
• Basque: irasagarrondo — tree
• Bulgarian: дюля (djulja) — tree
• Catalan: codonyer — tree
• Czech: kdouloň — tree
• Dutch: kweepeer — tree
• Dutch: kwee — tree
• Esperanto: cidoniarbo — tree
• Finnish: kvitteni — tree
• French: cognassier — tree
• Friulian: codognâr — tree
• Galician: marmeleiro — tree
• Georgian: კომში (ḳomši) — tree
• Georgian: ბია (bia) — tree
• German: Quitte — tree
• German: Quittenbaum — tree
• Greek: κυδωνιά (kydoniá) — tree
• Hindi: वीही (vīhī) — tree
• Hindi: बिही (bihī) — tree
• Hungarian: birsalmafa — tree
• Hunsrik: Marmellebaam — tree
• Irish: crann cainche — tree
• Italian: melocotogno — tree
• Italian: cotogno — tree
• Japanese: マルメロ (marumero) — tree
• Kaitag: ччи́мсе (ččímse) — tree
• Kumyk: гьайва (haywa) — tree
• Kumyk: гьайва терек (haywa terek) — tree
• Macedonian: ду́ња (dúnja) — tree
• Norman: bouais d'coing — tree
• Occitan: codonhièr — tree
• Persian: به (beh) — tree
• Persian: بهی (behi) — tree
• Polish: pigwa — tree
• Portuguese: marmelo — tree
• Portuguese: marmeleiro — tree
• Punjabi: ਬਿਹੀ (bihī) — tree
• Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀਫਲ (srīphal) — tree
• Romanian: gutui — tree
• Russian: айва́ (ajvá) — tree
• Sardinian: chidonza — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: дуња — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: дуњeвина — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: dunja — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: dunjevina — tree
• Sicilian: cutugnu — tree
• Sicilian: cutugnara — tree
• Slovene: kutina — tree
• Sotho: kwepere — tree
• Spanish: membrillo — tree
• Spanish: membrillero — tree
• Swedish: kvitten — tree
• Tajik: биҳӣ (bihi) — tree
• Tajik: беҳ (beh) — tree
• Turkish: ayva — tree
• Venetan: codogno — tree
• Volapük: kvitep — tree
• Volapük: kvitabim — tree
• Welsh: coeden gwins — tree
• Welsh: cwinswydden — tree
• Zazaki: bey — tree