quince
/ˈkiːnseɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "quince dress"
- "She dances with her father. She leans her head on the shoulder of her mother, thanking her for the surprise gift of this mariachi performance, which she had first dreamed of for her quince when she was a little girl."
- "These days many young Latinxs have chosen to sport trendier dresses rather than ball gowns, combine quince traditions with a sweet sixteen party, or even go on a quince cruise."
- "It is now more common to see quinces as celebrations of identity, including for queer and transgender individuals, and quinces that honor more than the transition to adulthood."
Etymology
From Middle English quynce, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).