quintaine

== French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === quintaine f (plural quintaines) quintain === Further reading === “quintaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === quinteine quintine === Etymology === Probably from Latin quīntāna (“street separating fifth and sixth maniples in a Roman camp”), feminine form of quīntānus (“pertaining to the fifth”). === Noun === quintaine oblique singular, f (oblique plural quintaines, nominative singular quintaine, nominative plural quintaines) quintain (target) ==== Descendants ==== Anglo-Norman: quintaine, quinteine → English: quintain→ Welsh: cwinten French: quintaine === References === quintaine on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub