quantite

Middle English

Alternative forms

• quantitee, qwantyte, quantyte, quantytee

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwantiˈteː/, /ˈkwantiteː/

Noun

quantite (plural quantites)

1. Number, quantity or amount (either discrete or continuous):
   1. The amount that something can contain or hold; volume.
   2. A portion or part of a measured or reckoned value.
   3. A specified piece or quantity of a greater whole or unit.
   4. Degree, extent; the relative amount or significance of something.
   5. Amount or length of time (that something occurs or happens over)
2. Dimension; how big or large something is (in two or three dimensions)
3. (rare) The main or central portion of a thing.
4. (rare) The frequency of sound; pitch.

Descendants

• English: quantity

References

• “quantitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 November 2018.