quinta

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quintus (“fifth”)

Adjective

quinta

1. feminine form of quint

Noun

la quinta

el cicle de les quintes

quinta f (plural quintes)

1. (card games) A run of five sequential cards of the same suit.
2. (music) fifth or fifth voice in piece of vocal polyphony.
3. (history, Catalonia) The payment by a city of one-fifth of its municipal taxes into the royal treasury as a condition of being granted a charter.

Derived terms

• cicle de les quintes (circle of fifths):

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkwinta/, [ˈkwin.t̪a], X-SAMPA: /"kwinta/
• Hyphenation: quìn‧ta

Adjective

quinta f

1. feminine form of quinto

Noun

quinta f (plural quinte)

1. fifth (feminine of quinto)
2. (theater) wing
3. fifth gear
4. (school) fifth year, fifth form, fifth grade
5. (fencing) quinte

Related terms

• cinque

Anagrams

• quanti

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Latin

Numeral

quinta

1. nominative feminine singular of quintus
2. nominative neuter plural of quintus
3. accusative neuter plural of quintus
4. vocative feminine singular of quintus
5. nominative neuter plural of quintus

quintā

1. ablative feminine singular of quintus

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: quin‧ta

Noun

quinta f (plural quintas)

1. Wine producing estate (winery or vineyard)
2. A country estate
3. A small agricultural holding

Ordinal numeral

quinta f

1. Feminine singular form of quinto.

Abbreviations

• 5ª

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quintana, (cognate to English quintain, a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a Roman military camp, where warlike exercises took place) the feminine of quintanus 'fifth-ranking', from quintus 'fifth', from quinque 'five'.

Ordinal numeral

quinta f

1. feminine form of quinto

Noun

quinta f (plural quintas)

1. villa; country home