quint

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus. Doublet of quintus. (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] (A fencing term) IPA(key): /kwɛ̃/ Rhymes: -ɪnt === 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. (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. == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin quīntus (“fifth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ˈkin] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkint] === Adjective === quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes) (ordinal number) fifth Synonym: cinquè ==== Derived terms ==== a la quinta forca quintat === Noun === quint m (plural quints) (fractional number) 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 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʋɪnt/ Hyphenation: quint Rhymes: -ɪnt === Noun === quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n) superseded spelling of kwint == Franco-Provençal == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin quīnam. === Adjective === quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes) (interrogative) what, which Synonym: quâl (exclamative) what ==== 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 (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1477 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɛ̃/ === Adjective === quint (feminine quinte, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes) (dated) fifth, seldom used outside of titles Synonym: cinquième l’empereur Charles-Quint ― Emperor Charles V le pape Sixte-Quint ― Pope Sixtus V (archaic, medicine) occurring at an interval of five days la fièvre quinte ― quintan fever === Noun === quint m (plural quints) (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 (vulgar) squeeze or contract the inner vaginal muscles, providing a tighter feel around the penis during intercourse.