codoin

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cotōneum, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Cognate with Occitan codonh, codoing and Italian cotogna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈðu(i̯)ɲ/

Noun

codoin oblique singular, m (oblique plural codoinz, nominative singular codoinz, nominative plural codoin)

  1. quince
    • c. 1150 CE, Guillaume de Berneville, La vie de saint Gilles‎, lines 1925-1929:
      Cooinz, permeins, pesches e fies
      E alemandes e alies
      E autres fruiz assez plusurs,
      Ki jettent les bones flairurs.
      Quinces, pears, peaches, and figs,
      And almonds, and whitebeam berries,
      And a great many other fruits,
      which the good flowers produce.

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