different between quint vs quinte

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 Superseded spelling of kwint.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

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/

Noun

quinte (uncountable)

1. (fencing) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.

See also

• quint

Anagrams

• queint

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/

Adjective

quinte

1. feminine singular of quint

Noun

quinte f (plural quintes)

1. (fencing) quinte
2. (music) fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)
3. (card games) (five-card) straight
4. fit (of coughing)

Derived terms

• fausse quinte
• quinte augmentée
• quinte diminuée
• quinte flush
• quinte juste

Verb

quinte

1. first-person singular present indicative of quinter
2. third-person singular present indicative of quinter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quinter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quinter
5. second-person singular imperative of quinter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enquit, enquît

Interlingua

Adjective

quinte

1. fifth

Italian

Adjective

quinte f pl

1. feminine plural of quinto

Noun

quinte f

1. plural of quinta

Latin

Numeral

qu?nte

1. vocative masculine singular of qu?ntus

Old French

Adjective

quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quinte)

1. fifth (ordinal adjective)