# quint
## English
### Etymology

From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus.

### Pronunciation

* (A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet) IPA: /kwɪnt/, [kʰw̥ɪnt]
* (A fencing term) IPA: /kwɛ̃/
* Rhymes: -ɪnt

### Noun

quint (plural quints)
* (music) An interval of one fifth.
* (music) The E string of a violin.
* (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
* (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
** 1965, LIFE, volume 59, number 7, page 24:Two days after Mrs. Shirley Ann Lawson's four girls and one boy were delivered in New Zealand, another set of quints was born to Mrs. Karin Olsen in Falun, Sweden.
* (firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire 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.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin quīntus (“fifth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈkin]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkint]

### Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)
* (ordinal number) fifth
    Synonym: cinquè

#### Derived terms

* a la quinta forca

### Noun

quint m (plural quints)
* (fractional number) fifth

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʋɪnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: quint
* Rhymes: -ɪnt

### Noun

quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n)
* Superseded spelling of kwint.

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin quīnam.

### Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)
* (interrogative) what, which
    Synonym: quâl
    Quinta fenna has-tu vëua ?Which woman did you see?
* (exclamative) what
    Quinta catastropha !What a catastrophe!

#### Derived terms

* duquint
* loquint
* sé-quint
* uquint

### References

* quel in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* quint in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Further information

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quīnam”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1477

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

quint (feminine quinte, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)
* (dated) fifth, seldom used outside of titles
    Synonym: cinquième
    l’empereur Charles-Quint ― Emperor Charles V
    le pape Sixte-Quint ― Pope Sixtus V
* (archaic, medicine) occurring at an interval of five days
    la fièvre quinte ― quintan fever

### Noun

quint m (plural quints)
* (obsolete) a fifth

### Further reading

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

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Probably from English squint.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwɪnt/
* Hyphenation: quint

### Verb

quint
* (vulgar) squeeze or contract the inner vaginal muscles, providing a tighter feel around the penis during intercourse.
    Baby, mi love when you quint it.Girl, I love when you contract your vaginal muscles.
** 2009, Busy Signal, “The Tightest”, in SongtexteMania‎:“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 […]