quintal

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• US: /ˈkwɪntl/
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• US: /ˈkwɪnl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪntl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪntəl/
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɪntəl
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From quint- (“five, fivefold”) + -al (forming adjectives).

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. The apparent relation to quint- (“five, fivefold”) and -al (forming adjectives) is accidental, although it possibly influenced the eventual spelling of the term. Doublet of centenary, centner, and kantar.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ցենտներ (cʻentner) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Basque: kintal — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Bengali: কুইন্টাল (kuinṭal) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Bulgarian: центнер (centner) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Catalan: quintar — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Finnish: sentaali — metric quintal of 100 kg
• French: quintal — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Galician: quintal — metric quintal of 100 kg
• German: Quintal — metric quintal of 100 kg
• German: Doppelzentner — metric quintal of 100 kg
• German: Zentner — metric quintal of 100 kg
• German: Dezitonne — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Hindi: क्विंटल (kviṇṭal) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Hindi: कुंटल (kuṇṭal) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Hindi: कुंतल (kuntal) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Hungarian: mázsa — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Italian: quintale — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Marathi: क्विंटल (kviṇṭal) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Norman: tchînta — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Portuguese: quintal — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Romanian: chintal — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Russian: це́нтнер (céntner) — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Spanish: quintal métrico — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Spanish: quintal — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Turkish: kental — metric quintal of 100 kg
• Volapük: kuin — metric quintal of 100 kg