quinzain, n.m., fifteen each (at tennis).
quinzaine, n.f., about fifteen; fortnight.
quinze, n.m. and adj., fifteen; fifteenth. — jours; fortnight. D’aujourd’hui en —; this day fortnight. Il y a eu hier — jours; yesterday fortnight. Il y a eu Dimanche — jours; last Sunday fortnight. De Lundi en —; next Monday fortnight. Les —-vingts; Quinze-Vingts, hospital in Paris (for three hundred blind men). Un —-vingts; an inmate of Quinze-Vingts.
quinzième, n.m. and adj., fifteenth; fifteenth day; (mus.) fifteenth.
quinzièmement, adv., fifteenthly, in the fifteenth place.
quiproquo, n.m., (—s) quid pro quo, mistake, blunder.
quittance, n.f., receipt, discharge. — pour solde de compte; receipt in full.
quittancer, v.a., to receipt.
quitte, adj., discharged (from debt); quit, quits, clear; free, rid. Jouer à — ou double; to play double or quits. Tenir —; to release, to disengage. Je suis — d’un grand embarras; I am rid of a great deal of trouble. Je vous tiens — de votre parole; I release you from your word. Vous n’en serez pas — à si bon marché; you shall not come off so cheaply. Il en fut — pour la peur; he got off with a good fright. J’irai — à être grondé; I shall go, even if I get scolded. Être — envers quelqu’un; to owe no one anything; to be even with any one.
quittement, adv., (jur.) entirely, without debt or incumbrance.