quintal
n.
unit of weight measurement equal to approximately 220 pounds (100 kilograms)
Quintal
The quintal or centner is a historical unit of
mass with many different definitions in different countries, but usually it is 100 base units of mass, e.g.
pounds.Both terms share their roots in the
Classical Latin centenarius, meaning hundredlike, but the quintal has a convoluted etymology: It became
Late Latin centenarium pondus, then in succession,
Late Greek, kentenarion,
Arabic, qintar,
Mediæval Latin, quintale, and finally
Old French quintal before passing into the
English language. The word centner, on the other hand, is just a
Germanicized form of centenarius.
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quintal
Noun
1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
(hypernym) metric weight unit, weight unit
(part-holonym) metric ton, MT, tonne, t
(part-meronym) hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centner
2. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
(synonym) hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental
(hypernym) avoirdupois unit
(part-holonym) short ton, ton, net ton
(part-meronym) quarter
quintal (m)
n.
quintal, unit of weight measurement equal to approximately 220 pounds (100 kilograms)
quintal (m)
n.
hundredweight, unit of measure equaling 100 pounds; quintal, unit of weight measurement equal to approximately 220 pounds (100 kilograms)