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Word: Quintal
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic qinṭār, based on Latin centenarius ‘containing a hundred’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkwɪntl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a unit of weight equal to a hundredweight (112 lb) or, formerly, 100 lb.
Short Definition:unit of weight equal to hundredweight 112 lb or 100 lb
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