quinte
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Etymology edit
From French.
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Noun edit
quinte (uncountable)
- (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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quinte
Noun edit
quinte f (plural quintes)
- (fencing) quinte
- (music) fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)
- quinte juste ― perfect fifth
- quinte augmentée ― augmented fifth
- quinte diminuée ― diminished fifth
- fausse quinte ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (card games) (five-card) straight
- 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 edit
quinte
- inflection of quinter:
Further reading edit
- “quinte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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quinte
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quinte f pl
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quinte f
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quīnte
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Adjective edit
quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quinte)
- fifth (ordinal adjective)
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Verb edit
quinte
- inflection of quintar: