Etymology

• From Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#QUINTCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#QUINT quint, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#QUINT quīntus. Doublet of quintusCategory:English doublets#QUINT.
• (firefighting vehicle): In reference to its five functions: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders.

Pronunciation

• (A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet) IPA^(key): /kwɪnt/, [kʰw̥ɪnt]Category:English 1-syllable words#QUINTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#QUINT
• (A fencing term) IPA^(key): /kwɛ̃/Category:English 1-syllable words#QUINTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#QUINT
• Rhymes: -ɪntCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪnt#QUINTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪnt/1 syllable#QUINT

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

quint

Wikipedia

quint (plural quints)Category:English lemmas#QUINTCategory:English nouns#QUINTCategory:English countable nouns#QUINTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. (musicCategory:en:Music#QUINT) An interval of one fifth.
2. (musicCategory:en:Music#QUINT) The E string of a violin.
3. (card gamesCategory:en:Card games#QUINT) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker.
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:

     The discard was, in fact, an experiment in bluff. Carrados might have held a quint and fourteen kings for all the opposing hand disclosed.

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4. (USCategory:American English#QUINT, informalCategory:English informal terms#QUINT) 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.

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5. (firefightingCategory:en:Firefighting#QUINT) 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. (fencingCategory:en:Fencing#QUINT) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#QUINTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#QUINT quīntus (“fifth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkin]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#QUINT
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkint]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#QUINT

Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)Category:Catalan lemmas#QUINTCategory:Catalan adjectives#QUINTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. (ordinal numberCategory:Catalan ordinal numbers#QUINT) fifth

   Synonym: cinquè

Noun

quint m (plural quints)Category:Catalan lemmas#QUINTCategory:Catalan nouns#QUINTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#QUINTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. (fractional numberCategory:Catalan fractional numbers#QUINT) fifth

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɪnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#QUINT

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#QUINT
• Hyphenation: quint
• Rhymes: -ɪntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪnt#QUINT

Noun

quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#QUINTCategory:Dutch nouns#QUINTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#QUINTCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#QUINTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:Dutch feminine nouns#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. superseded spelling of kwintCategory:Dutch superseded forms#QUINT

Etymology

Ultimately from LatinCategory:Franco-Provençal terms derived from Latin#QUINT quīnam.

Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)Category:Franco-Provençal lemmas#QUINTCategory:Franco-Provençal adjectives#QUINTCategory:Franco-Provençal entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. (interrogative) what, which

   Synonym: quâl

   Quinta fenna has-tu vëua ?

   Which woman did you see?

   Category:Franco-Provençal terms with usage examples#QUINT

2. (exclamative) what

   Quinta catastropha !

   What a catastrophe!

   Category:Franco-Provençal terms with usage examples#QUINT

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 (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1477

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃/Category:French 1-syllable words#QUINTCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#QUINT

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#QUINT

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#QUINT

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#QUINT

Adjective

quint (feminine quinte, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)Category:French lemmas#QUINTCategory:French adjectives#QUINTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. (datedCategory:French dated terms#QUINT) fifth, seldom used outside of titles

   Synonym: cinquième

   l’empereur Charles-Quint ― Emperor Charles VCategory:French terms with usage examples#QUINT

   le pape Sixte-Quint ― Pope Sixtus VCategory:French terms with usage examples#QUINT

2. (archaicCategory:French terms with archaic senses#QUINT, medicineCategory:fr:Medicine#QUINT) occurring at an interval of five days

   la fièvre quinte ― quintan feverCategory:French terms with usage examples#QUINT

Noun

quint m (plural quints)Category:French lemmas#QUINTCategory:French nouns#QUINTCategory:French countable nouns#QUINTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:French masculine nouns#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. (obsoleteCategory:French terms with obsolete senses#QUINT) a fifth

Further reading

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

Etymology

Probably from EnglishCategory:Jamaican Creole terms derived from English#QUINT squint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪnt/Category:Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation#QUINT
• Hyphenation: quint

Verb

quintCategory:Jamaican Creole lemmas#QUINTCategory:Jamaican Creole verbs#QUINTCategory:Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header#QUINTCategory:Pages with entries#QUINTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#QUINT

1. (vulgarCategory:Jamaican Creole vulgarities#QUINT) 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.

   Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#QUINT

   • 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 […]

     Category:Jamaican Creole terms with quotations#QUINT