quinto

Asturian

Adjective

quinto

1. neuter of quintu

French

Pronunciation

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Adverb

quinto

1. fifthly; in fifth place

Further reading

• “quinto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• 5º m, 5ª f (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin quintus.

Adjective

quinto (feminine quinta, masculine plural quintos, feminine plural quintas)

1. fifth

Noun

quinto m (plural quintos)

1. fifth

Further reading

• “quinto” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quīntus, from quīnque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwin.to/

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• Rhymes: -into
• Hyphenation: quìn‧to

Adjective

quinto (feminine quinta, masculine plural quinti, feminine plural quinte)

1. (ordinal number) fifth

Noun

quinto m (plural quinti)

1. (fractional number) fifth

Related terms

Latin

Numeral

quīntō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of quīntus

References

• “quinto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quinto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quinto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) every fifth year: quinto quoque anno
    
  • (ambiguous) in the fifth year from the founding of the city: anno ab urbe condita quinto
    
• quinto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinto, from Latin quīntus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: quin‧to

Adjective

quinto (feminine quinta, masculine plural quintos, feminine plural quintas)

1. (ordinal number) fifth

Noun

quinto m (plural quintos)

1. (fractional number) fifth (one of five parts of a whole)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quinto.

Derived terms

• quintar

Etymology 2

Verb

quinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of quintar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quintus. Pushed out Old Spanish cinquén(o), quintén(o) in line with the re-Latinization of many other numerals – compare Ladino sinkeno. The meanings “18-year-old boy” and “conscript” comes from the days of King John II of Castile, who decreed that one boy in five were obliged to serve in the army.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkinto/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: quin‧to

Adjective

quinto (feminine quinta, masculine plural quintos, feminine plural quintas)

1. (ordinal number) fifth

Noun

quinto m (plural quintos)

1. (fractional number) fifth, ¹⁄₅
2. (Spain) a young boy of a various towns who turns 18 years old, especially one who takes part in any of various rites of passage around the country
3. (Catalonia, slang) a small beer bottle
4. (obsolete, Spain) conscript

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• Spanish Wikipedia article about the "quintos"

Further reading

• “quinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014