quinquet

== French == === Etymology === Named after pharmacist Antoine Quinquet (1745–1803). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɛ̃.kɛ/ Hyphenation: quin‧quet === Noun === quinquet m (plural quinquets) (historical) oil lamp, Argand lamp (colloquial, humorous) peeper, eye ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: quinqué → Polish: kinkiet → Spanish: quinqué → Russian: кинкет (kinket) === Further reading === “quinquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012