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QUINZAINE

Definition: QUINZAINE

QUINZAINE

Noun

1. The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Quinzaine \Quin"zaine\, noun. [French expression, from quinze fifteen, from Latin expression quindecim. See Fifteen.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: QUINZAINE

Non-English Usage: "QUINZAINE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (fortnight).

Commercial Usage: QUINZAINE

Domain	Title
Books	A quinzaine for this Yule; being selected from a Venetian sketch-book "San Trovaso." (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	La Quinzaine Juridique Des Collectivites Locales (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: QUINZAINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-n-n-q-u-z"
	-2 letters: quinina, quinine.
	-3 letters: quinin, zinnia.
	-4 letters: azine, ennui, inane, quean.
	-5 letters: inia, nazi, nine, quai, quin, quiz, unai, zein.
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Alternative Orthography: QUINZAINE

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

51 55 49 4E 5A 41 49 4E 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.- ..- .. -. --.. .- .. -. .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010001 01010101 01001001 01001110 01011010 01000001 01001001 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#81 &#85 &#73 &#78 &#90 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0051 0055 0049 004E 005A 0041 0049 004E 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

515543486035434839

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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