quince.
The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
Meaning & usage
The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English quynce, coince, a variant of coins, coin (“quince”), from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple”), translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).
Clipping of quinceañera.
quince dress
Where this word comes from
Clipping of quinceañera.
Try it on your idea.
quince has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.