quinta

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) villa; country home
2. (feminine) call-up (to the army)
3. (feminine) group of people who are the same age; cohort
4. (feminine) straight flush (in some games)

Adj

feminine singular of quinto

5th

quinto

• Adj
• Noun

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Concepts

fifth

5th

farm

quint

villa

country house

coughing fit

Synonyms

finca

quinto

5th

Translations

quinte

quinta

quinta

diapente

Quinte

fünfte

5th

Villa

Landhaus

πέμπτος

fünfter

βίλα

contingent

Einberufung

-n

Hyphenated as

quin‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkinta/

Etymology

Cognate with English: quintain

In summary

From Latin quintana – cognate to English quintain (“a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a Roman military camp, where warlike exercises took place”) –, the feminine of quintanus (“fifth-ranking”), from quintus (“fifth”), q.v.

Sentences

Su sede central se encuentra en la Quinta Avenida de Nueva York .

Its headquarters are located on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Aproximadamente una quinta parte del alumnado vive en el campus .

Approximately one-fifth of students live on campus.