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quinte

French, noun

quinte is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinte is a French feminine noun meaning “quinte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of quint. With an accent, quinté is a different word: “a bet on the first five horses in a race”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intervalle de cinq notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes”.

What does quinte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininequinte

  2. 2

    femininefifth (musical interval), quintus (choir)

    quinte juste

  3. 3

    feminine(five-card) straight

    quinte flush

  4. 4

    femininefit (of coughing)

    une quinte de toux

  5. 5

    datedfemininesudden huff; tantrum

    Je ne sais quelle quinte lui a pris.

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of quint

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

noun

as quinté
  1. 1

    masculinea bet on the first five horses in a race

verb

as quinté
  1. 1

    past participle of quinter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Intervalle de cinq notes consécutives, y compris les deux extrêmes. 2. Suite non interrompue de cinq cartes. 3. Cinquième garde. 4. Accès de toux violent et prolongé.

noun: 1. Cinq premiers chevaux.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of quinte

  • quintes plural
  • quintés plural
  • quintée feminine
  • quintées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to quinte

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is quinte in French?

quinte appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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