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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
quin From the web:
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- what quince
queen
English
Alternative forms
- queene, quene, queyne (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cw?n (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kw?ni, from Proto-Germanic *kw?niz (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?énh?s (“woman”). Cognate with Scots queen, wheen (“queen”), Old Saxon qu?n ("wife"; > Middle Low German quene (“elderly woman”)), Dutch kween (“woman past child-bearing age”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Danish kvinde (“woman”), Icelandic kvon (“wife”), Gothic ???????????????? (q?ns, “wife”), Norwegian dialectal kvån (“wife”). Related to Old English cwene (“woman; female serf, quean”), see quean. Generally eclipsed non-native Middle English regina (“queen”), borrowed from Latin r?g?na (“queen”) (see Modern English regina). Doublet of gyne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwi?n/, [k?w?i?n], enPR: kw?n
- Rhymes: -i?n
- Homophone: quean
Noun
queen (plural queens)
- A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria.
- The wife or widow of a king.
- (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a given suit.
- A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carom.
- A powerful or forceful female person.
- (LGBT, slang, often derogatory) An effeminate male homosexual. (See usage notes.)
- (Can we date this quote?), Bebe Scarpi, quoted in 2007, Stephan Cohen, The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York ?ISBN, page 196:
- Despite one's opinion of Sylvia I can attest to the purity of her intent and dedication, and, no one will dare deny she is one gutsy queen.
- (Can we date this quote?), Bebe Scarpi, quoted in 2007, Stephan Cohen, The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York ?ISBN, page 196:
- (LGBT, slang) Ellipsis of drag queen.
- A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
- A queen olive.
- 1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled green olives from Spain (page A-24)
- Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]
- 1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled green olives from Spain (page A-24)
- A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., esp. Danaus gilippus).
Usage notes
- (LGBT): The term can be either derogatory or a self-identification. (Compare nigger.)
- (LGBT): Some of the people who were historically (in the late 1960s and 1970s) described as "queens" or "drag queens" or "street queens" are now sometimes considered transgender, especially when their gender identity is female or non-binary/genderqueer rather than male. Some people, like Sylvia Rivera, self-identified as both a "transgender person" and a "street queen". Drag queens, too, can have any gender identity.
Synonyms
- (female monarch): queen regnant, Regina (the reigning queen, formal)
- (wife of a king): queen consort, Regina (the reigning queen, formal)
- (LGBT): See Thesaurus:male homosexual
- (playing card): bitch, cowgirl, girl, lady, mop squeezer
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? American Sign Language: G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown
- Sikaiana: kuini
Translations
See also
Verb
queen (third-person singular simple present queens, present participle queening, simple past and past participle queened)
- To make a queen.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
- (chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
- (beekeeping) To provide with a new queen.
- (beekeeping) To be the queen of a colony.
- (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
- 2000, "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance
- Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).
- 2000, "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance
Derived terms
- queen out
Translations
Anagrams
- quene
Middle English
Noun
queen
- Alternative form of quene (“queen”)
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