tchinze

See also: tchînze

Norman

**Norman cardinal numbers**
< 14	15	16 >
Cardinal : tchinze

Alternative forms

tchînze (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old Northern French variant of Old French, from Latin quīndecim. Compare French quinze.

Numeral

tchinze

(Guernsey) fifteen
- 2006, Marie de Garis, ‘Enne p'tite sornaette’, P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press 2006, p. 28:
  Mais y'avait tchinze aens qu'ils allaient d'mesme.
  But they'd been doing that for fifteen years.

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