quinquet

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after pharmacist Antoine Quinquet (1745–1803).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kɛ̃.kɛ/
Hyphenation: quin‧quet

Noun[edit]

quinquet m (plural quinquets)

(historical) oil lamp, Argand lamp
(colloquial, humorous) peeper, eye

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: quinqué
→ Polish: kinkiet
→ Spanish: quinqué
→ Russian: кинкет (kinket)

Further reading[edit]

“quinquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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