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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French quinquet.
Pronunciation
Noun
quinqué m (plural quinqués)
- Argand lamp (kind of oil-burning lamp)
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French quinquet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kinˈke/
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: quin‧qué
Noun
quinqué m (plural quinqués)
- Argand lamp (kind of oil-burning lamp)
- Synonym: lámpara de Argand
Further reading