"quintal" meaning in French

See quintal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɛ̃.tal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-quintal.wav Forms: quintaux [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintāle (“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 centēnī (“100 things”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming related adjectives”). Doublet of centenaire. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|quintal|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French quintal, {{inh+|fr|fro|quintal}} Inherited from Old French quintal, {{der|fr|ML.|quintāle||various medieval hundredweights}} Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), {{der|fr|ar|قِنْطَار||100 rottols}} Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), {{der|fr|syc|ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ|tr=qanṭīrā}} Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā), {{m|syc|ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ|tr=qanṭīnārā}} ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), {{der|fr|gkm|κεντηνάριον}} Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), {{der|fr|la|centēnārium||100 Roman pounds}} Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), {{m|la|centēnus|centēnī|100 things}} centēnī (“100 things”), {{m|la|-ārius||-ary: forming related adjectives}} -ārius (“-ary: forming related adjectives”), {{doublet|fr|centenaire}} Doublet of centenaire Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} quintal m (plural quintaux)
  1. quintal, a nonstandard metric unit of mass equivalent to exactly 100 kg Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-quintal-fr-noun-cQREbBJA
  2. (historical) quintal, French hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 49.95 kg Tags: historical, masculine Categories (topical): SI units, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-quintal-fr-noun-uZQ8ct1- Disambiguation of SI units: 28 72 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 26 74 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 62

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