quint

Other forms of quint

plural

quints·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quint

What does quint mean?

quint means "the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quint?

quint has 1 syllable: quint. In IPA it is /ˈkwɪnt/.

What is another word for quint?

Close synonyms include five, 5, V, cinque, quintet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quint a common word?

quint is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.