English

Noun

quintal ‎(plural quintals)

1. (now historical) A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight.
   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 204:

     In one import license alone, the merchant in question was instructed to bring in 13,000 quintals of alum, which, snapped up by industries in England and the Low Countries, would yield the king a cool £8,666 13s 4d.

2. One hundred kilograms.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار ‎(qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.

Noun

quintal m ‎(plural quintaux)

1. quintal (hundredweight)
2. quintal (100 kg)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French quintal, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار ‎(qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.

Noun

quintal m (plural quintaulx)

1. quintal (hundredweight)

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار ‎(qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.

Noun

quintal m ‎(oblique plural quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative singular quintaus or quintax or quintals, nominative plural quintal)

1. quintal (hundredweight)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kĩ.ˈtaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kĩ.ˈtaw/
• Hyphenation: quin‧tal

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese quintãal, from Vulgar Latin *quintanale; or from quinta +‎ -al.

Noun

quintal m (plural quintais)

1. yard (land around a house)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قِنْطَار ‎(qinṭār), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον ‎(kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium ‎(“hundredweight”).

Noun

quintal m (plural quintais)

1. quintal (one hundred kilograms)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• qq (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Late Latin quintale, from Arabic قِنْطَار ‎(qinṭār), ultimately from Latin centenarius.

Noun

quintal m ‎(plural quintales)

1. hundredweight

Usage notes

The exact definition of a quintal varies locally, usually being 46 kg or 100 kg (if the latter is meant, it may be distinguished by being called the quintal métrico).

See also

• centena