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Pronunciation / Transliteration: kvintal
"गेहूं का वजन कई क्विंटल था।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds in the United States (the short hundredweight) or 112 pounds in Great Britain (the long hundredweight).
"The shipment of grain weighed several hundredweight."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, combining hundred and weight, originally denoting a large unit of mass in commercial trade. Historically, the hundredweight varied between 100 and 112 pounds depending on the commodity and region, eventually standardizing in British and American measurement systems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hundredweight" is said worldwide
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quintal
Transliteration: kɛ̃tal
"Le chargement pèse plusieurs quintaux."
Zentner
Transliteration: ˈtsɛntnɐ
"Die Ernte wurde in Zentnern gemessen."
quintale
Transliteration: kwinˈtale
"Il raccolto pesava più di un quintale."
quintal
Transliteration: kinˈtal
"Compraron varios quintales de trigo."
quintal
Transliteration: kĩˈtaɫ
"A carga pesava mais de um quintal."
क्विंटल
Transliteration: kvintal
"गेहूं का वजन कई क्विंटल था।"
英担
Transliteration: yīngdān
"这批货物的重量有好几英担。"
헌드레드웨이트
Transliteration: heondeuredeuwaiteu
"화물의 무게는 수 헌드레드웨이트에 달했다."
ハンドレッドウェイト
Transliteration: handoreddoweito
"荷物の重さは数ハンドレッドウェイトあった。"
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