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A Quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables.The word comes from the French word quinze, meaning fifteen.The syllables are distributed over three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line, and three in the third line (7/5/3).
Exterior of a quinzhee, facing the entrance. A quinzhee or quinzee / ˈ k w ɪ n z iː / is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed.
Quinze, Quince, also known as Ace-low, is a 17th-century French banking game of Spanish origin that was much patronized in some parts of Europe. It is considered a forerunner of the French Vingt-et-un , a game very popular at the court of Louis XV , [ 1 ] and also a two-player simplification of the modern game of Blackjack .
In spoken English, at least some attempt is generally made to pronounce them as they would sound in French. An entirely English pronunciation is regarded as a solecism. Some of the entries were never "good French", in the sense of being grammatical, idiomatic French usage. Others were once normal French but have either become very old-fashioned ...
Article 15 (article quinze, French pronunciation: [aʁ.ti.klə.kɛ̃z]) is a humorous French idiom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which refers to an imaginary legal provision permitting individuals to take any measures, whether legal or illegal, necessitated by adverse personal circumstances such as economic hardship, crime, or oppression by the state.
French phonology is the sound system of French.This article discusses mainly the phonology of all the varieties of Standard French.Notable phonological features include the uvular r present in some accents, nasal vowels, and three processes affecting word-final sounds:
A fiesta de quince años at the Church of San Martin in San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, Mexico. The meaning behind the quinceañera has become more refined over time and has been adapted by various Latino cultures in relation to where they are living.
The pronunciation in final open syllables is always phonemically /ɑ/, but it is phonetically ranges between [ɑ] or [ɔ] speaker-to-speaker (Canada [kanadɑ] ⓘ or [kanadɔ] ⓘ), the latter being informal. There are some exceptions; the words la, ma, ta, sa, fa, papa and caca are always pronounced with the phoneme /a/.