quintary

English

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[a], [b] ←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: five     Ordinal: fifth     Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary     Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four     Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate     Adverbial: five times     Multiplier: fivefold     Latinate multiplier: quintuple     Distributive: quintuply     Group collective: fivesome     Multipart collective: quintuplet, pentuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: pentad     Greek collective prefix: penta-     Latinate collective prefix: quinque-     Fractional: fifth     Latinate fractional prefix: quintant-     Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet     Greek prefix: pempto-     Number of musicians: quintet     Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum

Etymology

From quinary under influence from quint- (“five”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪnˌtɛri/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪntəri/, /ˈkwɪntri/
• Rhymes: -ɪntɛɹi, -ɪntəɹi, -ɪntɹi

Adjective

quintary (not comparable)

1. (sometimes proscribed) Synonym of quinary, fifth.

Noun

quintary (plural quintaries)

1. (rare, obsolete) A multiple of five.
2. (rare, sometimes proscribed) A thing of the 5th rank.

References

• “quintary”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.