quina
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]quina (uncountable)
- (archaic) quinine
- 1871, Charles Frederick Oldham, What is Malaria?, page 66:
- In the frequent naval expeditions, on the coast of Africa, quina is in general use as a prophylactic, yet fevers, often of great severity, constantly occur.
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]quina f (plural quines)
- fivesome (a group of five people or things)
- a game similar to bingo frequently played around Christmastime
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish quina, from Quechua kina.
Noun
[edit]quina f (plural quines)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]quina
Further reading
[edit]- “quina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷiː.na/, [ˈkʷiːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwi.na/, [ˈkwiːnä]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷiː.naː/, [ˈkʷiːnäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwi.na/, [ˈkwiːnä]
Numeral
[edit]quīna
- inflection of quīnus:
Numeral
[edit]quīnā
Occitan
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]quina
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: qui‧na
Etymology 1
[edit]Shortening of esquina (“corner”), from Gothic.
Noun
[edit]quina f (plural quinas)
- corner (projection of an angle in a solid object)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).
Noun
[edit]quina f (plural quinas)
- fivesome (group of five persons or things)
- Synonym: quinteto
- (games) the number 5 on a die, card, domino, etc.
- a type of lottery where the goal is to get five numbers right
- (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal
- bandeira das quinas ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) | ||||||
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ás | dois, duque | três, terno | quatro, quadra | cinco, quina | seis, sena | sete, bisca, manilha |
oito | nove | dez | valete | dama | rei | jóquer, curinga |
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]quina
- inflection of quinar:
Etymology 4
[edit]Clipping of quinaquina, from Quechua [Term?].
Noun
[edit]quina f (plural quinas)
- cinchona (any of several South American trees of the genus Cinchona)
- cinchona (the bark of cinchona trees)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From quinaquina, from Quechua kina.
Noun
[edit]quina f (plural quinas)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).
Noun
[edit]quina f (plural quinas)
- double five (thrown on the dice)
- five correct numbers on a lottery
- (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal
Further reading
[edit]- “quina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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