quinze
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of quinze
French: fifteen
Example Sentences
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She paused at the turning of the stair, and leaned over to say: 'Num�ro quinze, the fifth door to the right of monsieur.'
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
One poor wretch lost several oxen in one game of quinze.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl
Il y a dans ce cloître douze ou quinze petites cellules tout d'un rang, où les religieux écrivoient autrefois des livres: c'est pourquoy on les appelle encore aujourd'hui les écritoires.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
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
The same may be said of the French onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, and seize, which are obvious compounds, but not formed in the same manner as the numerals above that point.
From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard
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