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quint

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English

Etymology

From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus. Doublet of quintus.

Pronunciation

  • (A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet) IPA(key): /kwɪnt/, [kʰw̥ɪnt]
  • (A fencing term) IPA(key): /kwɛ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

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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.
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Catalan

Catalan numbers (edit)
50[a], [b]
 ←  4 5 6   [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: cinc
    Ordinal (Latinate): quint
    Ordinal (Central): cinquè
    Ordinal (Valencian): cinqué
    Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 5t
    Ordinal abbreviation (Central):
    Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian):
    Multiplier: quíntuple

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quīntus (fifth).

Pronunciation

Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

  1. (ordinal number) fifth
    Synonym: cinquè

Derived terms

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

  1. (fractional number) fifth

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋɪnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: quint
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n)

  1. superseded spelling of kwint

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin quīnam.

Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

  1. (interrogative) what, which
    Synonym: quâl
    Quinta fenna has-tu vëua ?
    Which woman did you see?
  2. (exclamative) what
    Quinta catastropha !
    What a catastrophe!

Derived terms

  • duquint
  • loquint
  • sé-quint
  • uquint

References

  • quel in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • quint in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

quint (feminine quinte, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

  1. (dated) fifth, seldom used outside of titles
    Synonym: cinquième
    l’empereur Charles-QuintEmperor Charles V
    le pape Sixte-QuintPope Sixtus V
  2. (archaic, medicine) occurring at an interval of five days
    la fièvre quintequintan fever

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

  1. (obsolete) a fifth

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Probably from English squint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɪnt/
  • Hyphenation: quint

Verb

quint

  1. (vulgar) squeeze or contract the inner vaginal muscles, providing a tighter feel around the penis during intercourse.
    Baby, mi love when you quint it.
    Girl, I love when you contract your vaginal muscles.
    • 2009, Busy Signal, “The Tightest”, in SongtexteMania (in Jamaican Creole):
      “Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
      Quint it like some gal a china eyes
      Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
      Grip me, grip me, grip me, grip me baby []
      Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
      Contract your vaginal muscles like some Chinese girls' eyes
      Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
      Grip me, grip me, grip me, grip me baby []
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