quintal

[ kwin-tl ]

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (220.5 avoirdupois pounds).
2. hundredweight.

quintal

/ ˈkwɪntəl /

noun

1. a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds
2. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Word History and Origins

Origin of quintal¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin quintāle < Arabic qinṭār weight of a hundred pounds, probably ≪ Latin centēnārius. centenary, kantar, kilderkin

Word History and Origins

Origin of quintal¹

C15: via Old French from Arabic qintār, possibly from Latin centēnārius consisting of a hundred

Example Sentences

But larger ones, such as quintal d’alsace, the massive green and white cabbages that thrive in Alsace in Northeastern France, spend many months in the ground.

From Washington Post

Rice from South Carolina or quintals of fish from Marble-head; money even from London, for there was much sympathy in England for Boston.

From Literature

The fisheries were of great value, as much as a quarter of a million quintals of dried fish being annually exported to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean.

From Project Gutenberg

A good season’s catch is one hundred quintals of dry fish a man.

From Project Gutenberg

In the island of Java, about twenty-five quintals of these nests are collected annually.

From Project Gutenberg