[syn: quintuplet, quint, quin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quint \Quint\, n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth,
quinque five. See Five.]
1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
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3. one of a set of quintuplets. [informal]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quint
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome,
quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quint, quin]