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Definition: QUINTAN |
QUINTANAdjective1. Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. Noun1. An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days. |
Etymology: Quintan \Quin"tan\, adjective. [Latin expression quintanus, from quintus fifth, quinque five. See Five.]. (Websters 1913) |
"QUINTAN" is a common misspelling or typo for: quanta, quintal, quintet. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quintan san | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "QUINTAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pesëditësh (five-day). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | квинтиана, маларична треска. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πεμπταίοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ötnapos (five-day). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | intanquay quintã, febre quintã. (various references) пятидневный (five-day). (various references) meta za gađanje. (various references) beş günde bir yükselen ateş. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "QUINTAN": quintans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "QUINTAN" (pronounced 'Quin"tan'): Augustan, Avestan, Cretan, harmattan, kaftan, Mercaptan, Moutan, Nehushtan, Orvietan, partan, Rambutan, SATAN, Spartan, sultan, titan. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: quinnat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-n-q-t-u" | |
-1 letter: quaint, quinta. | |
-2 letters: quant, quint. | |
-3 letters: anti, aunt, quai, quin, quit, tain, tuna, unai, unit. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, inn, nan, nit, nun, nut, qat, qua, tan, tau, tin, tui, tun, uta. | |
-5 letters: ai, an, at, in, it, na, nu, ta, ti, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-n-q-t-u" | |
+1 letter: quanting, quinnats, quintain, quintans. | |
+2 letters: antiquing, clinquant, quintains. | |
+3 letters: banqueting, clinquants, nonaquatic, quaintness, quantizing, quarantine, quaternion. | |
+4 letters: acquainting, antiquarian, antiquating, antiquation, aquatinting, barquentine, piquantness, quantifying, quarantined, quarantines, quaternions. | |
+5 letters: acquaintance, antiquarians, antiquations, barquentines, magniloquent, quaintnesses, quantitating, quantitation, quantization, quarantining, tranquilness, unacquainted. | |
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