quantité
French
Etymology
From Middle French quantité, from Old French quantite, from Latin quantitas, quantitatem, possibly borrowed or semi-learned.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.te/
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Noun
quantité f (plural quantités)
- quantity
Derived terms
- en quantité
- métathèse de quantité
- quantité négligeable
Related terms
- quantitatif
Descendants
- → Haitian Creole: kantite
- → Romanian: cantitate
- → Turkish: kantite
Further reading
- “quantité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French quantite.
Noun
quantité f (plural quantitez)
- quantity
Descendants
- French: quantité
References
- quantité on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)