quinze
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of quinze
French: fifteen
Example Sentences
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Sans donner ni souffrir qu'il lui soit donné aucun empéchement, le present passe-port valable pour quinze jours seulement.
From A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 by Twiss, Richard
It was a party of quinze decided the fate of Europe.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
He entitles his work, "Les quinze Livres de Deipnosophists d'Athenée, Ouvrage delicieux, agréablement diversifié et rempli de Narrations, sçavantes sur toutes Sortes de Matières et de Sujets."
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
"Les Anglois font tout ce qu'ils veulent: un voyage de trois cents lieues pour une visite de quinze jours."
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby
Cele dit elle continua tous les huict ou quinze iours....
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice
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