quinte

From French.

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃t/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ̃t

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.

• quint

• queint

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quinte

1. feminine singular of quint

quinte f (plural quintes)

1. (fencing) quinte
2. (music) fifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)
3. (card games) (five-card) straight
4. fit (of coughing)

• fausse quinte
• quinte augmentée
• quinte diminuée
• quinte flush
• quinte juste

quinte

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

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

• enquit, enquît

quinte

1. fifth

quinte f pl

1. feminine plural of quinto

quinte f

1. plural of quinta

quīnte

1. vocative masculine singular of quīntus

quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quinte)

1. fifth (ordinal adjective)