QUINT


Meaning of QUINT in English

quint 1

/kwint, kint/ , n.

1. an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.

2. 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) .

[ 1520-30; quinte (fem. of quint ) quinta, fem. of quintus FIFTH ]

quint 2

/kwint/ , n. Informal.

a quintuplet.

[ 1930-35; shortened form ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .