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quint
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)
- (music) An interval of one fifth.
- (music) The E string of a violin.
- (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
- (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.
- 1965, LIFE (volume 59, number 7, page 24)
- (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.
- (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)
- fifth
Synonyms
- cinquè
Derived terms
- a la quinta forca
Noun
quint m (plural quints)
- 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)
- Superseded spelling of kwint.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)
- (interrogative) which
- Quinta fenna as-tu viua ?
- Which woman did you see?
- Quinta fenna as-tu viua ?
- (interrogative) what
- Quint est ton niom ?
- What is your name?
- Quint est ton niom ?
- (exclamative) what
- Quinta catastropha !
- What a catastrophe!
- Quinta catastropha !
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)
- (dated) fifth, seldom used outside of titles
- L’empereur Charles-Quint; le pape Sixte-Quint.
- Synonym: cinquième
- (archaic, medicine) Occurring at an interval of five days.
- La fièvre quinte.
Noun
quint m (plural quints)
- (obsolete) A fifth
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Probably from English squint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?nt/
- Hyphenation: quint
Verb
quint
- (vulgar) squeeze or contract the inner vaginal muscles, providing a tighter feel around the penis during intercourse.
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quist
English
Etymology
From Middle English quiste, quyste, quyshte, variants of Middle English couschot, cowschote, cowscott, from Old English c?s?eote (“wood pigeon, ringdove”). Doublet of cushat.
Noun
quist (plural quists)
- (Midlands) The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
Anagrams
- quits, squit
Middle English
Noun
quist
- Alternative form of quiste
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