quin
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪn
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Noun
quin (plural quins)
- (informal) A quintuplet.
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[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
quin (plural quins)
- A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
- 1973, N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
- Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins, which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.
- 1973, N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Adjective
quin m. (feminine quina, masculine plural quins, feminine plural quines)
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[edit] Pronoun
quin
- (interrogative) whom (plural) (object)
[edit] Usage notes
To ask for a subject, use qui instead.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adverb
quīn (not comparable)
- (usually with present indicative) Why not?
