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quint
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See also: Quint
English
Etymology
From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus. Doublet of quintus.
Pronunciation
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.
- (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.
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Catalan
50[a], [b] | ||
← 4 | 5 | 6 → [a], [b], [c] |
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Cardinal: cinc Ordinal (Latinate): quint Ordinal (Central): cinquè Ordinal (Valencian): cinqué Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 5t Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 5è Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 5é Multiplier: quíntuple | ||
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)
- (ordinal number) fifth
- Synonym: cinquè
Derived terms
Noun
quint m (plural quints)
Further reading
- “quint”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n)
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Adjective
quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)
- (interrogative) what, which
- Synonym: quâl
- Quinta fenna has-tu vëua ?
- Which woman did you see?
- (exclamative) what
- Quinta catastropha !
- What a catastrophe!
Derived terms
- duquint
- loquint
- sé-quint
- uquint
References
Further information
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “quīnam”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1477
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
quint (feminine quinte, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)
Noun
quint m (plural quints)
Further reading
- “quint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
quint
- (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 […]
- Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
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