codoin
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Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin cotōneum, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Cognate with Occitan codonh, codoing and Italian cotogna.
Pronunciation
Noun
codoin oblique singular, m (oblique plural codoinz, nominative singular codoinz, nominative plural codoin)
- quince
- c. 1150 CE, Guillaume de Berneville, La vie de saint Gilles[1], 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.
- Quinces, pears, peaches, and figs,
Descendants
References
- Etymology and history of “coing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.