quinquet

French

Etymology

Named after pharmacist Antoine Quinquet (1745–1803).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.kɛ/
• Hyphenation: quin‧quet

Noun

quinquet m (plural quinquets)

1. (historical) oil lamp, Argand lamp
2. (colloquial, humorous) peeper, eye

Descendants

• → Catalan: quinqué
• → Polish: kinkiet
• → Spanish: quinqué
• → Russian: кинкет (kinket)

Further reading

• “quinquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.