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quinte (uncountable)

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

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quinte

1. femininesingular ofquint

quinte f (pluralquintes)

1. (fencing)quinte

   Coordinate terms:quarte,tierce

2. (music)fifth (musical interval),quintus (choir)

   quinte juste ―perfectfifth

   quinte augmentée ―augmentedfifth

   quinte diminuée ―diminishedfifth

   faussequinte ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (card games) (five-card)straight

   quinte flush ―straight flush

4. fit (of coughing)

   unequinte de toux ―a coughing fit

   • 2014,Édouard Louis,En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:

     Lesquintes de toux duraient des heures, il poussait des cris toute la journée, et particulièrement la nuit,[…]

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5. (by extension, dated) suddenhuff;tantrum

   Je ne sais quellequinte lui a pris. ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)

• quinteux

quinte

1. inflection ofquinter:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• “quinte”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• enquit,enquît

quinte

1. fifth

quinte f pl

1. feminineplural ofquinto

quinte f

1. plural ofquinta

quīnte

1. vocativemasculinesingular ofquīntus

quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singularquinte)

1. fifth(ordinal adjective)

quinte

1. inflection ofquintar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

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