quinary
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English[edit]
[a], [b] ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
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Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Group collective: fivesome Multipart collective: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective: pentad Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: quinque- Fractional: fifth Latinate fractional prefix: quintant- Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek prefix: pempto- Number of musicians: quintet Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum |
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin quīnārius (“containing five each”), from quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quinaire, the Italian quinario, and the Portuguese quinário. Doublet of quinarius.
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quinary (not comparable)
- Of fifth rank or order.
- Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.
- (arithmetic) To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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Translations[edit]
of fifth rank or order
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Noun[edit]
quinary (plural quinaries)