Quinte

See also: quinte and quinté

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪnti/

Proper noun

Quinte

1. Synonym of Bay of Quinte

Derived terms

• Quinte West

Anagrams

• queint

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin quinta. Doublet of Quinta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvɪntə/

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• Hyphenation: Quin‧te

Noun

Quinte f (genitive Quinte, plural Quinten)

1. (music) A fifth; an interval of six (kleine Quinte, diminished fifth) or seven (große Quinte, perfect fifth) semitones.

Declension

Declension of Quinte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Quinte	die	Quinten
genitive	einer	der	Quinte	der	Quinten
dative	einer	der	Quinte	den	Quinten
accusative	eine	die	Quinte	die	Quinten

Further reading

• “Quinte” in Duden online

Latin

Proper noun

Quīnte

1. vocative singular of Quīntus