See also: Quinte and quinté

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Etymology

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From French.

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Noun

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quinte (uncountable)

  1. (fencing) The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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quinte

  1. feminine singular of quint

Noun

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quinte f (plural quintes)

  1. (fencing) quinte
    Coordinate terms: quarte, tierce
  2. (music) fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)
    quinte justeperfect fifth
    quinte augmentéeaugmented fifth
    quinte diminuéediminished fifth
    fausse quinte(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (card games) (five-card) straight
    quinte flushstraight flush
  4. fit (of coughing)
    une quinte de toux(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Les quintes de toux duraient des heures, il poussait des cris toute la journée, et particulièrement la nuit, []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

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quinte

  1. inflection of quinter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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quinte

  1. fifth

Italian

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Adjective

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quinte f pl

  1. feminine plural of quinto

Noun

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quinte f

  1. plural of quinta

Latin

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Numeral

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quīnte

  1. vocative masculine singular of quīntus

Old French

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Adjective

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quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quinte)

  1. fifth (ordinal adjective)

Portuguese

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Verb

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quinte

  1. inflection of quintar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative