Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinary

/ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: quinary
IPA: /ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of fifth rank or order.

adj

Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.

adj

To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

noun

Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.

Etymology

From the Latin quīnārius (“containing five each”), from quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quinaire, the Italian quinario, and the Portuguese quinário. Doublet of quinarius.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quīnārius

Inflected Forms

quinaries (plural)

Derived Forms

biquinary quinarily quintary

Phrases

quinary sector

Synonyms

quintary quintal pentimal

Rhymes With

binary

Questions

How do you pronounce quinary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/.
What does quinary mean?: Of fifth rank or order.
Where does quinary come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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