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quinzieme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quinzieme
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tax of one fifteenth (0.067%), particularly the excise and customs charged by John of England around 1204.

Etymology

From French quinzième (“fifteenth”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

quinziemes (plural) quinzième (alternative)

Synonyms

quindecim

Questions

What does quinzieme mean?
A tax of one fifteenth (0.067%), particularly the excise and customs charged by John of England around 1204.
Where does quinzieme come from?
It is traced to French.

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