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quinta

See also: Quinta

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish quinta.

Noun

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quinta (plural quintas)

  1. A country house in Madeira.

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Asturian

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Adjective

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quinta

  1. feminine singular of quintu

Catalan

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la quinta
 
el cicle de les quintes

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin quīntus (“fifth”).

Adjective

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quinta f sg

  1. feminine singular of quint

Noun

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quinta f (plural quintes)

  1. (card games) a run of five sequential cards of the same suit
  2. (music) fifth or fifth voice in piece of vocal polyphony
  3. (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

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Franco-Provençal

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Adjective

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quinta

  1. feminine singular of quint

French

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Verb

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quinta

  1. third-person singular past historic of quinter

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwin.ta/
  • Rhymes: -inta
  • Hyphenation: quìn‧ta

Adjective

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quinta f sg

  1. feminine singular of quinto

Noun

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quinta f (plural quinte)

  1. fifth (female equivalent of quinto)
  2. (theater) wing, backstage, side scene
  3. fifth gear
  4. (education) fifth year, fifth form, fifth grade
  5. (fencing) quinte
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Latin

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Numeral

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quīnta

  1. inflection of quīntus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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quīntā

  1. ablative feminine singular of quīntus

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: quin‧ta
  • Audio (Brazil):(file)

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa, from Latin quintana.

Noun

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quinta f (plural quintas)

  1. wine producing estate (winery or vineyard)
  2. a country estate
  3. a manor or country mansion
  4. a small agricultural holding

Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese quinta, from Latin quintam.

Adjective

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quinta

  1. feminine singular of quinto
    Synonym: 5ª (abbreviation)

Noun

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quinta f (plural quintas)

  1. Shortening of quinta-feira: Thursday

Adverb

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quinta (not comparable)

  1. Shortening of quinta-feira: on a Thursday

Etymology 3

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Verb

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quinta

  1. inflection of quintar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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quinta f (plural quintas)

  1. villa; country home
  2. call-up (to the army)
  3. group of people who are the same age; cohort
    Somos todos de la misma quinta
    We are all the same age.
  4. (card games) straight flush (in some games)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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quinta f

  1. feminine singular of quinto

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