name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
quin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/kwɪn/
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[khw̥ɪn]
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rhymes with -ɪn
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homophone: Quinn
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CMU ARPABET: K W IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village in County Clare, Ireland, south-east of Ennis (Irish grid ref R 4174).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A quintuplet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 4
A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quintuplet, quint
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sibling, sib
History
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).