# quina
## English
### Noun

quina (uncountable)
* (archaic) quinine
** 1871, Charles Frederick Oldham, What is Malaria?, page 66:In the frequent naval expeditions, on the coast of Africa, quina is in general use as a prophylactic, yet fevers, often of great severity, constantly occur.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈki.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈki.na]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quīna.

#### Noun

quina f (plural quines)
* fivesome (a group of five people or things)
* a game similar to bingo frequently played around Christmastime
    Synonyms: plena, quinto, rifla

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish quina, from Quechua kina.

#### Noun

quina f (plural quines)
* the bark of the cinchona tree, a natural source of quinine
* a tonic made from this bark

##### Derived terms

* arbre de quina

##### Related terms

* quinina

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

quina
* feminine singular of quin

### Further reading

* “quina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʷiː.na/, [ˈkʷiːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkwi.na/, [ˈkwiːnä]
* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʷiː.naː/, [ˈkʷiːnäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkwi.na/, [ˈkwiːnä]

### Numeral

quīna
* inflection of quīnus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Numeral

quīnā
* ablative feminine singular of quīnus

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Adjective

quina
* feminine singular of quin

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkĩ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈki.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈki.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: qui‧na

### Etymology 1

Shortening of esquina (“corner”), from Gothic.

#### Noun

quina f (plural quinas)
* corner (projection of an angle in a solid object)

### Etymology 2

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

#### Noun

quina f (plural quinas)
* fivesome (group of five persons or things)
    Synonym: quinteto
* (games) the number 5 on a die, card, domino, etc.
* a type of lottery where the goal is to get five numbers right
* (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal
    bandeira das quinas ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Derived terms

* bandeira das quinas
* equipa das quinas

##### See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) :
| ás | dois, duque | três, terno | quatro, quadra | cinco, quina | seis, sena | sete, bisca, manilha |
| oito | nove | dez | valete | dama | rei | jóquer, curinga |

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

quina
* inflection of quinar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 4

Clipping of quinaquina, from Quechua [Term?].

#### Noun

quina f (plural quinas)
* cinchona (any of several South American trees of the genus Cinchona)
* cinchona (the bark of cinchona trees)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkina/ [ˈki.na]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: qui‧na

### Etymology 1

From quinaquina, from Quechua kina.

#### Noun

quina f (plural quinas)
* quinine
* toxic wine

##### Derived terms

* aguaquina
* ser más malo que la quina
* tragar la quina

### Etymology 2

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

#### Noun

quina f (plural quinas)
* double five (thrown on the dice)
* five correct numbers on a lottery
* (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal

### Further reading

* “quina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10