quinte
/kɛ̃t/noun
quinte is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Quinte, the name). As a noun, quinte means “The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in quinte?
| Letters | 6: Q-U-I-N-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is quinte?
Quinte appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Quinte, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce quinte?
- /kɛ̃t/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quinte.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does quinte mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does quinte come from?
From French.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).