quinta

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese quinta. === Noun === quinta (plural quintas) A country house in Madeira. === Anagrams === quaint == Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkinta/ [ˈkĩn̪.t̪a] Rhymes: -inta Syllabification: quin‧ta === Adjective === quinta feminine singular of quintu === Noun === quinta f (plural quintes) group of people in the same class (specially in the military service) (automobiles) fifth gear (colloquial) generation, cohort (group of people of the same age) (colloquial, in the plural) military service (obsolete) country house, holiday residence (obsolete, historical) a lottery held to select people for the local militia === Further reading === “quinta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “quinta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin quīntus (“fifth”). === Adjective === quinta f sg feminine singular of quint === Noun === quinta f (plural quintes) (card games) a run of five sequential cards of the same suit (music) fifth or fifth voice in piece of vocal polyphony (history, Catalonia) the payment by a city of one-fifth of its municipal taxes into the royal treasury as a condition of being granted a charter ==== Derived terms ==== cicle de les quintes (“circle of fifths”) quintar == Franco-Provençal == === Adjective === quinta feminine singular of quint == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: quintas, quintât === Verb === quinta third-person singular past historic of quinter == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwin.ta/ Rhymes: -inta Hyphenation: quìn‧ta === Adjective === quinta f sg feminine singular of quinto === Noun === quinta f (plural quinte) fifth (female equivalent of quinto) (theater) wing, backstage, side scene fifth gear (education) fifth year, fifth form, fifth grade (fencing) quinte ==== Related terms ==== cinque === Anagrams === quanti == Latin == === Numeral === quīnta inflection of quīntus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Numeral === quīntā ablative feminine singular of quīntus === References === "quinta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ĩtɐ Hyphenation: quin‧ta === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa, from Latin quintana. ==== Noun ==== quinta f (plural quintas) wine producing estate (winery or vineyard) a country estate a manor or country mansion a small agricultural holding (Azores) orange grove === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quinta, from Latin quintam. ==== Adjective ==== quinta feminine singular of quinto Synonym: 5ª (abbreviation) ==== Noun ==== quinta f (plural quintas) ellipsis of quinta-feira ==== Adverb ==== quinta (not comparable) ellipsis of quinta-feira === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== quinta inflection of quintar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “quinta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “quinta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin quintana – cognate to English quintain (“a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a Roman military camp, where warlike exercises took place”) –, the feminine of quintanus (“fifth-ranking”), from quintus (“fifth”), q.v. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkinta/ [ˈkĩn̪.t̪a] Rhymes: -inta Syllabification: quin‧ta === Noun === quinta f (plural quintas) villa; country home call-up (to the army) group of people who are the same age; cohort (card games) straight flush (in some games) ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === quinta f feminine singular of quinto === Further reading === “quinta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025