quinqué
Spanish, noun/kinˈke/
quinqué is spelled Q-U-I-N-Q-U-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinqué is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Argand lamp (kind of oil-burning lamp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lámpara eléctrica cuya forma imita a la de un quinqué”.
What does quinqué mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineArgand lamp (kind of oil-burning lamp)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie de lámpara de mesa antigua que se alimentaba con petróleo, provista de un tubo de cristal, y generalmente con bomba o pantalla. 2. Lámpara eléctrica cuya forma imita a la de un quinqué.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quinqué
- quinqués plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinqué?
- /kinˈke/
- [kĩŋˈke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quinqué
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quinqué in Spanish?
quinqué appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).