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All 4 letters words made out of quin

quin uqin qiun iqun uiqn iuqn quni uqni qnui nqui unqi nuqi qinu iqnu qniu nqiu inqu niqu uinq iunq uniq nuiq inuq niuq

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Definitions and meaning of quin

quin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɪn/, [kʰw̥ɪn]
• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: Quinn

Etymology 1

Noun

quin (plural quins)

1. (informal) A quintuplet.

Synonyms

• quint

Related terms

• quad

Etymology 2

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Noun

quin (plural quins)

1. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan quin, from Latin quīnam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkin]

Adjective

quin (feminine quina, masculine plural quins, feminine plural quines)

1. (interrogative) which, what

   Synonym: (archaic, Balearics, Alghero) qual

2. what a

Related terms

• qui

References

• “quin” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quin” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̃/

Interjection

quin

1. (Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens

Ido

Pronoun

quin

1. (interrogative) whom (plural) (object)

Usage notes

To ask for a subject, use qui instead.

Latin

Etymology

From instrumental quī + ne.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷiːn/, [kʷiːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwin/, [kwin]

Adverb

quīn (not comparable)

1. (usually with present indicative) how come not, why don't I/you/he ..., how about? (in questioning suggestions)

   Synonyms: quid est quod nōn, cūr nōn, quārē nōn?

   1. (in commands with imperative, subjunctive or future) come on, let's, ...then! (adding force)

      Synonyms: age, fac
2. (emphatic) Used to corroborate or amplify the previous statement: and even, and in fact
   1. Strengthened by various adverbs:

      quīn etiam ― and moreover

      quīn et ― and furthermore

      quīn potius ― in fact, rather

      quīn contrā ― and even on the contrary

      quīn immō ― not at all, and even
   2. Used to emphasise an objection to the previous statement: why, but ...!

Conjunction

quīn

1. (used with a negative like nēmō or nūllus) who does/can/would not (usually following a nominative)

   Synonym: quī/quae/quod nōn (in the nominative mostly)
2. (used with a negative like numquam or nōn) without (something happening), (so) that...not

   Synonym: ut nōn
3. (preceded by nōn, followed by sed quod/quia/ut) not because not...but, not that not...but

   Synonym: (nōn) quod/quia (nōn)...(sed)
4. (with negated verbs of stopping, hindering) from doing or happening

   Synonym: quōminus, nē
5. (used with negated words of hesitation, doubting, not knowing) that

References

• “quīn” on page 1712 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• “quin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quin”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin quinam (who, which). Cognate with Catalan quin and with Franco-Provençal quint from a merging of Latin quinam and quantus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kin/

Adjective

quin m (feminine singular quina, masculine plural quins, feminine plural quinas)

1. (interrogative) which

2. (interrogative) what

3. (exclamative) what

Synonyms

• qual (for animate objects)
• que (for inanimate objects)

Derived terms

• quinament