quint

See also: Quint

English

Etymology

From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus.

Pronunciation

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

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

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): 5è     Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 5é     Multiplier: quíntuple
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Etymology

Inherited from Latin quīntus (“fifth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkin]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkint]

Adjective

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

1. (ordinal number) fifth

   Synonym: cinquè

Derived terms

• a la quinta forca

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

1. (fractional number) fifth

Further reading

• “quint” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɪnt/

• Audio:

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• 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 Superseded spelling of kwint.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

Further information

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quīnam”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1477

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. (dated) fifth, seldom used outside of titles

   Synonym: cinquième

   l’empereur Charles-Quint ― Emperor Charles V

   le pape Sixte-Quint ― Pope Sixtus V

2. (archaic, medicine) occurring at an interval of five days

   la fièvre quinte ― quintan fever

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

1. (obsolete) a fifth

Further reading

• “quint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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^[1] (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 […]