Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quintile

/kwˈɪntɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: quin-tile
IPA: /kwˈɪntɪl/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.

noun

A subset thus obtained.

noun

An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)

name

Alternative form of Quintilis: the former Roman name of the month July.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Effectively no household making less than $28,000 will pay federal income tax – usually about 15% of the bottom income quintile has some tax liability."
"“It’s well known that the lowest income consumer is really struggling with inflation, but from a purely economic standpoint, it is the higher quintiles of earners that do the most spending,” Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson, global investment strategist at Hartford Funds, told CNN."

Etymology

Etymology tree English quint- Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilislbor. English -ile English quintile From quint- + -ile.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

quintiles (plural)

Derived Forms

biquintile interquintile semiquintile

Frequently Paired Words

median (2-quantile) tercile tertile quartile pentile quintile sextile septile

Synonyms

fifth

Questions

How do you pronounce quintile?: The recorded pronunciation is /kwˈɪntɪl/.
What does quintile mean?: Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
Where does quintile come from?: Etymology tree English quint- Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilislbor. English -ile English quintile From quint- + -ile.

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