Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinate

/ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quinate
IPA: /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.

noun

An ester or a salt of quinic acid.

Example Sentences

"They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists."
"Kinates. Hitherto only one species of this genus of salts has been examined, the kinate of lime, which exists in a species of Peruvian bark."

Etymology

First attested in 1760. From the post-Classical Latin quīnātus, from the distributive numeral quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”); compare binate, ternate, and quaternate, as well as the French quiné.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1760

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/
British English: /ˈkwaɪnət/

Inflected Forms

quinates (plural) kinate (alternative)

Derived Forms

dehydroquinate

Questions

How do you pronounce quinate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/.
What does quinate mean?: Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
Where does quinate come from?: First known use: First attested in 1760.

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