quincaille

French

Alternative forms

• quinquaille (obsolete)

Etymology

clincaille, akin to clinquer (“clink”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.kaj/ ~ /kɛ̃.kɑj/

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Noun

quincaille f (plural quincailles)

1. hardware

Derived terms

• quincaillerie

Further reading

• “quincaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.