different between quinte vs quinate

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)

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1760; from the post-Classical Latin qu?n?tus, from the distributive numeral qu?n? (“five each”, “five at a time”); compare binate, ternate, and quaternate, as well as the French quiné.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kw??n?t, IPA^(key): /?kwa?n?t/
• (UK) enPR: kw??n?t, IPA^(key): /?kw??ne?t/
• (US) enPR: kw??n?t', IPA^(key): /?kwa??ne?t/

Adjective

quinate (not comparable)

1. (botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
   • 1760, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany, Containing an Explanation of the Theory of That Science, and an Interpretation of Its Technical Terms, Extracted from the Works of Linnæus, book 3, chapter 6, page 183

     They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists.

References

• “quinate, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “quinate, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2007]

Etymology 2

First attested in 1810; either quin(a) +? -ate or quin(ic) +? -ate, in either case perhaps after the French quinquinate; compare the French kinate, quinate.

Alternative forms

• kinate

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kw??n?t, kw??n?t, IPA^(key): /?kw?n?t/, /?kwa?n?t/
• (UK) enPR: kw??n?t, k??n?t, IPA^(key): /?kw?ne?t/, /?k?ne?t/
• (US) enPR: kw??n?t', k??n?t', IPA^(key): /?kw??ne?t/, /?k??ne?t/

Noun

quinate (plural quinates)

1. (chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
   • 1810, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry (4th ed.), volume 3, page 106

     Kinates. Hitherto only one species of this genus of salts has been examined, the kinate of lime, which exists in a species of Peruvian bark.

References

• “quinate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “quinate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2007]

Anagrams

• Antique, antique

Latin

Adjective

qu?n?te

1. vocative masculine singular of qu?n?tus