different between quant vs quint

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?nt/

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

quant (plural quants)

1. (finance) A quantitative analyst.
2. Short for quantity.
3. Short for quantifier.

Adjective

quant (not comparable)

1. Short for quantifiable.
2. Short for quantitative.

Derived terms

• quant fund

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. A borrowing from Latin contus (“long pole”) has been suggested, but the -a- is problematic.

Noun

quant (plural quants)

1. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
2. A vertical shaft used to drive a millstone.

Verb

quant (third-person singular simple present quants, present participle quanting, simple past and past participle quanted)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To propel using a quant.

Derived terms

• quanter

Anagrams

• nuqta

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kwant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?kwan/
• Homophone: quan (Central)

Adjective

quant (feminine quanta, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)

1. (interrogative) how many; how much
2. (with the definite article) quite a bit; quite a few (considerably)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “quant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “quant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin quantum.

Pronunciation

Adverb

quant

1. Only used in quant à

Further reading

• “quant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Latin quantus.

Adjective

quant m (feminine singular quante, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)

1. how many; how much
   • (please note, the first word 'quant' corresponds to etymology 2 below)

References

• quant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Etymology 2

From Old French quant, from Latin quando, see quand.

Adverb

quant

1. Alternative form of quand

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.

Adjective

quant m (feminine singular quanta, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantas)

1. (interrogative) how many; how much

Adverb

quant

1. (interrogative) how many; how much

Old French

Alternative forms

• qant

Etymology

From Latin quand?.

Conjunction

quant

1. when

Adverb

quant

1. (interrogative) when

Descendants

• Middle French: quand, quant
  • French: quand

English

Etymology

From Middle French quint, from Latin qu?ntus.

Pronunciation

• (A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet) IPA^(key): /kw?nt/, [k?w??nt]
• (A fencing term) IPA^(key): /kw??/

Noun

quint (plural quints)

1. (music) An interval of one fifth.
2. (music) The E string of a violin.
3. (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
4. (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
   • 1965, LIFE (volume 59, number 7, page 24)

     Two days after Mrs. Shirley Ann Lawson's four girls and one boy were delivered in New Zealand, another set of quints was born to Mrs. Karin Olsen in Falun, Sweden.

5. (firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
6. (fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quintus (“fifth”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kint/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?kin/

Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

1. fifth

Synonyms

• cinquè

Derived terms

• a la quinta forca

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

1. fifth

Further reading

• “quint” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??nt/
• Hyphenation: quint
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n)

1. Superseded spelling of kwint.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly a merging of Latin quinam (who, which) with quantus. Cognate with Occitan quin from Latin quinam.

Adjective

quint m (feminine singular quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

1. (interrogative) which

   Quinta fenna as-tu viua ?

   Which woman did you see?

2. (interrogative) what

   Quint est ton niom ?

   What is your name?

3. (exclamative) what

   Quinta catastropha !

   What a catastrophe!

Synonyms

• quâl
• que

Derived terms

See also

• qui
• que
• quê

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??/

Adjective

quint (feminine singular quinte, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

1. (dated) fifth, seldom used outside of titles

   L’empereur Charles-Quint; le pape Sixte-Quint.

   Synonym: cinquième

2. (archaic, medicine) Occurring at an interval of five days.

   La fièvre quinte.

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

1. (obsolete) A fifth

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Probably from English squint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?nt/
• Hyphenation: quint

Verb

quint

1. (vulgar) squeeze or contract the inner vaginal muscles, providing a tighter feel around the penis during intercourse.