Quint Definition

kwĭnt
noun

Quintuplet.

Webster's New World
A sequence of five cards of the same suit in one hand in piquet.
American Heritage
A quintuplet.
American Heritage

(music) An interval of one fifth.

Wiktionary

(US) A quin or quintuplet.

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Other Word Forms of Quint

Noun

Singular:
quint
Plural:
quints

Origin of Quint

  • French quinte from Old French interval of a fifth (in music) feminine of quint fifth from Latin quīntus penkwe in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Quint Sentence Examples

  • The octave quint which stands on the former harmonic flute slide is the old fifteenth, with five extra pipes at the bottom.

  • Tonally, the Victorian organs are robust, with at least two complete manual choruses and mainly quint mixtures.

  • The quint rank in the mixture is much too prominent.

  • In bell founding these partials have acquired their own names of hum tone, prime, tierce, quint, and nominal.

  • Quint is probably Robert Shaw's best role and certainly one of the most memorable movie characters - a crusty old eccentric who lives to kill sharks.

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Words Starting With

QQUQUI

Words Ending With

TNTINT

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