quintal

American  

[kwin-tl] / ˈkwɪn tl /

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).

2. hundredweight.

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quintal British  

/ ˈkwɪntəl /

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds

2. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

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Etymology

Origin of quintal

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin quintāle < Arabic qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds, probably ≪ Latin centēnārius. Cf. centenary, kantar, kilderkin

Example Sentences

But larger ones, such as quintal d’alsace, the massive green and white cabbages that thrive in Alsace in Northeastern France, spend many months in the ground.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

The U.S. said it, then said it again: ECA could feed Europe without buying a quintal of wheat from Argentina.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three hundred quintals of dry fish, at four dollars, roughly, a quintal, was twelve hundred dollars.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman

But compare Luciano knew that he carried three quintals of merchandise more than a mule, and the load would bring him five tar� a quintal.

From Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga by Verga, Giovanni

Quintal m�trique, the modern French quintal, is 100 kilograms=220 lb. avoirdupois.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various