Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quin

/kwɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: quin
IPA: /kwɪn/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Informal

noun

A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in County Clare, Ireland, south-east of Ennis (Irish grid ref R 4174).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins, which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods."

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).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, quin, Iācōbus

Usage

Inflected Forms

quins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

quad Quincest

Synonyms

quint quintuplet

Homonyms

Quinn

Rhymes With

been within win win-win skin begin thin min spin berlin sin twin

Questions

How do you pronounce quin?: The recorded pronunciation is /kwɪn/.
What does quin mean?: A quintuplet.
Where does quin come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce quin

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