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Meaning of QUINT

Pronunciation:  kwint

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  2. [n]  the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
 
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 Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quin, quintet, quintuplet, quintuplet, V
 
 See Also: digit, figure, sib, sibling

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Quint\, n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth,
quinque five. See {Five}.]
1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
 

 

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