quintary
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English
| [a], [b] ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
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| Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifth Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate Adverbial: five times Multiplier: fivefold Latinate multiplier: quintuple Distributive: quintuply Group collective: fivesome Multipart collective: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek or Latinate collective: pentad Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: quinque- Fractional: fifth Latinate fractional prefix: quintant- Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet Greek prefix: pempto- Number of musicians: quintet Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum | ||
Etymology
From quinary under influence from quint- (“five”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪnˌtɛri/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪntəri/, /ˈkwɪntri/
- Rhymes: -ɪntɛɹi, -ɪntəɹi, -ɪntɹi
Adjective
quintary (not comparable)
- (sometimes proscribed) Synonym of quinary, fifth.
Noun
quintary (plural quintaries)
References
- “quintary”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
