quinta

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish quinta.

Noun[edit]

quinta (plural quintas)

  1. A country house in Madeira.

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Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

quinta

  1. feminine singular of quintu

Catalan[edit]

la quinta
el cicle de les quintes

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin quīntus (fifth).

Adjective[edit]

quinta f sg

  1. feminine singular of quint

Noun[edit]

quinta f (plural quintes)

  1. (card games) a run of five sequential cards of the same suit
  2. (music) fifth or fifth voice in piece of vocal polyphony
  3. (history, Catalonia) the payment by a city of one-fifth of its municipal taxes into the royal treasury as a condition of being granted a charter

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

quinta

  1. third-person singular past historic of quinter

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwin.ta/
  • Rhymes: -inta
  • Hyphenation: quìn‧ta

Adjective[edit]

quinta f sg

  1. feminine singular of quinto

Noun[edit]

quinta f (plural quinte)

  1. fifth (female equivalent of quinto)
  2. (theater) wing, backstage, side scene
  3. fifth gear
  4. (education) fifth year, fifth form, fifth grade
  5. (fencing) quinte

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Latin[edit]

Numeral[edit]

quīnta

  1. inflection of quīntus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral[edit]

quīntā

  1. ablative feminine singular of quīntus

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: quin‧ta
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa, from Latin quintana.

Noun[edit]

quinta f (plural quintas)

  1. wine producing estate (winery or vineyard)
  2. a country estate
  3. a manor or country mansion
  4. a small agricultural holding

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinta, from Latin quintam.

Adjective[edit]

quinta

  1. feminine singular of quinto
    Synonym: (abbreviation)

Noun[edit]

quinta f (plural quintas)

  1. Shortening of quinta-feira: Thursday

Adverb[edit]

quinta (not comparable)

  1. Shortening of quinta-feira: on a Thursday

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

quinta

  1. inflection of quintar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin quintana – cognate to English quintain (a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a Roman military camp, where warlike exercises took place) –, the feminine of quintanus (fifth-ranking), from quintus (fifth), q.v.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkinta/ [ˈkĩn̪.t̪a]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -inta
  • Syllabification: quin‧ta

Noun[edit]

quinta f (plural quintas)

  1. villa; country home
  2. call-up (to the army)
  3. group of people who are the same age; cohort
    Somos todos de la misma quinta
    We are all the same age.
  4. (card games) straight flush (in some games)

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

quinta f

  1. feminine singular of quinto

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