quintal
Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American poundsSynonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
(historical)Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
Quintal, Doppelzentner, Zentner
це́нтнерcéntner
a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
Translations
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Origin
Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quintal, from Middle French quintal, from Old FrencLate 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.
From quint- (“five, fivefold”) + -al (forming adjectives).
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Forms
plural: quintalsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds:hundredweightcwtshort hundredweightcentnercental