quina

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English

Noun

quina (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) quinine
    • 1871, Charles Frederick Oldham, What is Malaria?, page 66:
      In the frequent naval expeditions, on the coast of Africa, quina is in general use as a prophylactic, yet fevers, often of great severity, constantly occur.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quīna.

Noun

quina f (plural quines)

  1. fivesome (a group of five people or things)
  2. a game similar to bingo frequently played around Christmastime
    Synonyms: plena, quinto, rifla

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish quina, from Quechua kina.

Noun

quina f (plural quines)

  1. the bark of the cinchona tree, a natural source of quinine
  2. a tonic made from this bark
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

quina

  1. feminine singular of quin

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Numeral

quīna

  1. inflection of quīnus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral

quīnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of quīnus

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

quina

  1. feminine singular of quin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: qui‧na

Etymology 1

Shortening of esquina (“corner”), from Gothic.

Noun

quina f (plural quinas)

  1. corner (projection of an angle in a solid object)

Etymology 2

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

Noun

quina f (plural quinas)

  1. fivesome (group of five persons or things)
    Synonym: quinteto
  2. (games) the number 5 on a die, card, domino, etc.
  3. a type of lottery where the goal is to get five numbers right
  4. (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal
    bandeira das quinas ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
See also
Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás dois, duque três, terno quatro, quadra cinco, quina seis, sena sete, bisca, manilha
oito nove dez valete dama rei jóquer, curinga

Etymology 3

Verb

quina

  1. inflection of quinar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

Clipping of quinaquina, from Quechua .

Noun

quina f (plural quinas)

  1. cinchona (any of several South American trees of the genus Cinchona)
  2. cinchona (the bark of cinchona trees)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: qui‧na

Etymology 1

From quinaquina, from Quechua kina.

Noun

quina f (plural quinas)

  1. quinine
  2. toxic wine
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

Noun

quina f (plural quinas)

  1. double five (thrown on the dice)
  2. five correct numbers on a lottery
  3. (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal

Further reading

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