quinte
See also: Quinte and quinté
English
Etymology
From French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ̃t/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ̃t
Noun
quinte (uncountable)
- (fencing) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
See also
- quint
Anagrams
- queint
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ̃t/
Audio (file)
Adjective
quinte
- feminine singular of quint
Noun
quinte f (plural quintes)
- (fencing) quinte
- (music) fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)
- (card games) (five-card) straight
- fit (of coughing)
Derived terms
- fausse quinte
- quinte augmentée
- quinte diminuée
- quinte flush
- quinte juste
Verb
quinte
- inflection of quinter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “quinte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- enquit, enquît
Interlingua
Adjective
quinte
- fifth
Italian
Adjective
quinte f pl
- feminine plural of quinto
Noun
quinte f
- plural of quinta
Latin
Numeral
quīnte
- vocative masculine singular of quīntus
Old French
Adjective
quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quinte)
- fifth (ordinal adjective)