different between quint vs pent

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 Superseded spelling of kwint.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.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From pen +? -t.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

1. Confinement; concealment.

Adjective

pent

1. Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
   • 1885, W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado.

     My object all sublime

     I shall achieve in time —

     To let the punishment fit the crime —

     The punishment fit the crime;

     And make each prisoner pent

     Unwillingly represent

     A source of innocent merriment!

     Of innocent merriment!

Usage notes

Use of bare “pent”, as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of “pent up” or “pent in” remains about as common.)

Related terms

• pent-up

Translations

Verb

pent

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned

Etymology 2

Clipping of pentatonic.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

1. (informal, music) A pentatonic scale.

Etymology 3

Clipping of pentacle or pentagram.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

1. (informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.

Anagrams

• ENTP, PETN

Danish

Adjective

pent

1. neuter singular of pen

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

pent

1. neuter singular of pen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

pent

1. neuter singular of pen

Old French

Verb

pent

1. third-person singular present indicative of pendre