quince

Other forms of quince

plural

quinces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quince

What does quince mean?

quince means "small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quince?

quince has 1 syllable: quince. In IPA it is /ˈkwɪns/.

What is another word for quince?

Close synonyms include quince bush, Cydonia oblonga. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quince a common word?

quince is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.