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quin
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?n/, [k?w??n]
- Rhymes: -?n
- Homophone: Quinn
Etymology 1
Noun
quin (plural quins)
- (informal) A quintuplet.
Related terms
- quad
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
quin (plural quins)
- A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
- 1973, N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
- Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins, which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.
- 1973, N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin quinam.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?kin/
Adjective
quin (feminine quina, masculine plural quins, feminine plural quines)
- (interrogative) which, what
- what a
Related terms
- qui
Further reading
- “quin” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??/
Interjection
quin
- (Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens
Ido
Pronoun
quin
- (interrogative) whom (plural) (object)
Usage notes
To ask for a subject, use qui instead.
Latin
Etymology
From instrumental qu? + ne.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /k?i?n/, [k?i?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwin/, [kwin]
Adverb
qu?n (not comparable)
- (usually with present indicative) how come not, why don't I/you/he ..., how about? (in questioning suggestions)
- Synonyms: quid est quod n?n, c?r n?n, qu?r? n?n?
- (in commands with imperative, subjunctive or future) come on, let's, ...then! (adding force)
- Synonyms: age, fac
- (emphatic) Used to corroborate or amplify the previous statement: and even, and in fact
- Strengthened by various adverbs:
- Used to emphasise an objection to the previous statement: why, but ...!
- Strengthened by various adverbs:
Conjunction
qu?n
- (used with a negative like n?m? or n?llus) who does/can/would not (usually following a nominative)
- Synonym: qu?/quae/quod n?n (in the nominative mostly)
- (used with a negative like numquam or n?n) without (something happening), (so) that...not
- Synonym: ut n?n
- (preceded by n?n, followed by sed quod/quia) not because not...but, not that not...but
- Synonym: (n?n) quod/quia...n?n
- (with negated verbs of stopping, hindering) from doing or happening
- Synonym: qu?minus, n?
- (used with negated words of hesitation, doubting, not knowing) that
References
- “qu?n” on page 1712 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
- quin in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quin in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin quinam (who, which). Cognate with Catalan quin and with Franco-Provençal quint from a merging of Latin quinam and quantus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kin/
Adjective
quin m (feminine singular quina, masculine plural quins, feminine plural quinas)
- (interrogative) which
- (interrogative) what
- (exclamative) what
Synonyms
- qual (for animate objects)
- que (for inanimate objects)
Derived terms
- quinament
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goo
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
American English, known since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”) (1787); alternately, perhaps an alteration of glue.
Noun
goo (uncountable)
- (uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
- Synonyms: gloop, goop, gunge, gunk; see also Thesaurus:goo
- Excessive, showy sentimentality.
- Synonyms: mawkishness, saccharinity, sugariness
Derived terms
- from goo to you by way of the zoo
- gooey
- gooeyness
Translations
Verb
goo (third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed)
- (transitive) To apply goo to something.
- They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
Etymology 2
(onomatopoeia)
Noun
goo (plural goos)
- An example of baby talk.
- The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.
Verb
goo (third-person singular simple present goos, present participle gooing, simple past and past participle gooed)
- (intransitive) To produce baby talk.
- The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it.
See also
- gaga, ga-ga
- goo-goo
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “goo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- ogo
Dutch
Noun
goo f (plural gooën)
- Alternative form of gouw
Anagrams
- oog
Esperanto
Noun
goo (accusative singular goon, plural gooj, accusative plural goojn)
- The board game go
Manx
Etymology 1
From Old Irish guth, from Proto-Celtic *gutus, from Proto-Indo-European *??uHtus, from *??ewH- (“to call on, invoke”).
Noun
goo m (genitive singular goo, plural googhyn)
- voice
- word, reputation
Mutation
Etymology 2
Noun
goo
- Eclipsed form of coo.
Middle English
Verb
goo
- Alternative form of gon (“to go”)
References
p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
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