FromMiddle Frenchquint, fromLatinquīntus.Doublet ofquintus.
- (A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet)IPA(key): /kwɪnt/,[kʰw̥ɪnt]
- (A fencing term)IPA(key): /kwɛ̃/
- Rhymes:-ɪnt
quint (pluralquints)
- (music) Aninterval of onefifth.
- (music) The E string of a violin.
- (card games) Inpiquet, asequence of fiveplaying cards of the samesuit; equivalent to astraight flush in poker
- (US, informal) aquin orquintuplet.
1965,LIFE, volume59, number 7, page24:Two days after Mrs. Shirley Ann Lawson's four girls and one boy were delivered in New Zealand, another set ofquints was born to Mrs. Karin Olsen in Falun, Sweden.
- (firefighting) A vehicle used byfirefighters that combines the capabilities of afire engine and afire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
- (fencing)quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
Inherited fromLatinquīntus(“fifth”).
quint (femininequinta,masculine pluralquints,feminine pluralquintes)
- (ordinal number)fifth
- Synonym:cinquè
quint m (pluralquints)
- (fractional number)fifth
quint f (pluralquinten,diminutivequintje n)
- superseded spelling ofkwint
Ultimately fromLatinquīnam.
quint (femininequinta,masculine pluralquints,feminine pluralquintes)
- (interrogative)what,which
- Synonym:quâl
Quinta fenna has-tu vëua ?- Which woman did you see?
- (exclamative)what
Quinta catastropha !- What a catastrophe!
- quel in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- quint in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu
Further information
[edit]quint (femininequinte,masculine pluralquints,feminine pluralquintes)
- (dated)fifth,seldom used outside of titles
- Synonym:cinquième
- l’empereur Charles-Quint ―Emperor CharlesV
- le pape Sixte-Quint ―Pope SixtusV
- (archaic, medicine) occurring at an interval of five days
- la fièvrequinte ―quintan fever
quint m (pluralquints)
- (obsolete) afifth
Probably fromEnglishsquint.
- IPA(key): /ˈkwɪnt/
- Hyphenation:quint
quint
- (vulgar)squeeze orcontract the innervaginal muscles, providing atighter feel around thepenis duringintercourse.
Baby, mi love when youquint it.- Girl, I love when youcontract your vaginal muscles.
2009, Busy Signal, “The Tightest”, inSongtexteMania[1] (in Jamaican Creole):“Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Quint it like some gal a china eyes
Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Grip me, grip me, grip me, grip me baby[…]”- Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Contract your vaginal muscles like some Chinese girls' eyes
Tight t-t-t-t-t-tight-t-t-t-t-t-tightesttt vaginaaa
Grip me, grip me, grip me, grip me baby […]
