kwinta

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See also: kwintą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quīntā, from Latin quīntus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkfin.ta/
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  • Rhymes: -inta
  • Syllabification: kwin‧ta

Noun

kwinta f

  1. (music) fifth (interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale)
  2. (music) E-string (the thinnest string in the violin)
  3. (fencing) quinte (fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height)
  4. (horse racing) bet on the first five horses

Declension

Declension of kwinta
singular plural
nominative kwinta kwinty
genitive kwinty kwint
dative kwincie kwintom
accusative kwintę kwinty
instrumental kwintą kwintami
locative kwincie kwintach
vocative kwinto kwinty

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • kwinta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kwinta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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