quinate

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1760; from the post-Classical Latin quīnātus, from the distributive numeral quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”); compare binate, ternate, and quaternate, as well as the French quiné.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: kwīʹnət, IPA: /ˈkwaɪnət/, X-SAMPA: /"kwaIn@t/
• (UK) enPR: kwīʹnāt, IPA: /ˈkwʌɪneɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kwVIneIt/
• (US) enPR: kwīʹnāt', IPA: /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kwaI%neIt/

Adjective

quinate (not comparable)

1. (botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
   • 1760, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany, Containing an Explanation of the Theory of That Science, and an Interpretation of Its Technical Terms, Extracted from the Works of Linnæus, book 3, chapter 6, page 183

     They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists.

References

• “quinate, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “quinate, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2007]

Etymology 2

First attested in 1810; either quin(a) +‎ -ate or quin(ic) +‎ -ate, in either case perhaps after the French quinquinate; compare the French kinate, quinate.

Alternative forms

• kinate

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: kwĭʹnət, kwīʹnət, IPA: /ˈkwɪnət/, /ˈkwaɪnət/, X-SAMPA: /"kwIn@t/, /"kwaIn@t/
• (UK) enPR: kwĭʹnāt, kĭʹnāt, IPA: /ˈkwɪneɪt/, /ˈkɪneɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kwIneIt/, /"kIneIt/
• (US) enPR: kwĭʹnāt', kĭʹnāt', IPA: /ˈkwɪˌneɪt/, /ˈkɪˌneɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kwI%neIt/, /"kI%neIt/

Noun

quinate (plural quinates)

1. (chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
   • 1810, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry (4th ed.), volume 3, page 106

     Kinates. Hitherto only one species of this genus of salts has been examined, the kinate of lime, which exists in a species of Peruvian bark.

References

• “quinate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “quinate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2007]

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Latin

Adjective

quīnate

1. vocative masculine singular of quīnatus