English Explanatory Dictionary

quin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quintuplet.
noun
  1. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in County Clare, Ireland, south-east of Ennis (Irish grid ref R 4174).

Pronunciation

/kwɪn/ [kʰw̥ɪn]

Word forms

quin quins

Etymology

* Irish: variant of Quinn, from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”). * English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French quin (“monkey”). * French: from a short form of Jaquin, pet form of Jacques, from Latin Iācōbus (English Jacob).

Synonyms

quint

Related words

quad Quincest
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