quint

[kwint, kint]

noun

an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
Piquet. a sequence of five cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, jack, and ten (quint major), or a king, queen, jack, ten, and nine (quint minor).

Origin of quint

1520–30; < French quinte (feminine of quint) < Latin quīnta, feminine of quīntus fifth

quint

[kwint]

noun Informal.

a quintuplet.

Origin of quint

First recorded in 1930–35; shortened form

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British Dictionary definitions for quints

quint

noun

(kwɪnt) an organ stop sounding a note a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
(kɪnt) piquet a sequence of five cards in the same suit

Word Origin for quint

C17: from French quinte, from Latin quintus fifth

quint

noun

US and Canadian short for quintuplet Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): quin

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Word Origin and History for quints

quint

1520s, "a tax of one-fifth," from Middle French quint, from Latin quintus "the fifth," ordinal to quinque "five" (see quinque-). Used in English of various groups of five since 17c. First attested 1935 as a shortening of quintuplet (American English; British English prefers quin); used originally of the Dionne quintuplets, born May 28, 1934, near Callander, Ontario, Canada.