quantia

quantia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kwənˈti.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwanˈti.a/

Noun

quantia f (plural quanties)

1. quantity, amount

   Synonym: quantitat

Further reading

• “quantia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quantia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “quantia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quantia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From quanto (“how much”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷanˈtia/

Noun

quantia f (plural quantias)

1. amount, sum
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r.

     Et el tirar que eſta faz, es ſegúd la quantia della ala del fierro que tira […]

     And the pull that it has depends on the amount of it [compared] to the iron it is pulling. […]

Synonyms

• quantidat

Descendants

• Spanish: cuantía

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Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐ̃ˈti.ɐ/

Noun

quantia f (plural quantias)

1. quantity, amount

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Quantie