quinzaine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quinzaine.

Noun

quinzaine (plural quinzaines)

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

French

Etymology

From quinze +‎ -aine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.zɛn/

• Audio:

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Noun

quinzaine f (plural quinzaines)

1. about fifteen people, about fifteen things, etc.

   Donnez-m’en une quinzaine. ― Give me about fifteen (of them).

   Nous étions une quinzaine. ― There were about fifteen of us.

2. a period of fifteen consecutive days
3. (by extension) two weeks; a fortnight

See also

• centaine
• cinquantaine
• dizaine
• douzaine
• huitaine
• quarantaine
• soixantaine
• trentaine
• vingtaine

Further reading

• “quinzaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.