quin
/kwɪn/
quin noun: a quintuplet.
Noun (1)
quin (plural quins)
- A quintuplet.
- Synonyms:
- quint
Noun (2)
quin (plural quins)
- A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
- 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.1973, N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution, page 104
Proper noun capitalized: Quin
Quin (countable and uncountable, plural Quins)
Synonyms of quin
Forms of quin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | quins |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Quins |
Origin of quin
* 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).
Phrases with quin
Words that rhyme with quin
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- chin
- Flynn
- bin
- Quinn
- sin
- tin
- Bryn
- corinne
- inn
- din
- Finn
- grin
- kin
- lin
- linn
- unpin
- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
- akin
- been
- begin
- brin
- chin-chin
- hin
- lyn
- mandolin
- whin
- zoom in
- agin
- agrin
- Arabian jasmine
- blin
- djinn
- Douyin
- edge in
- gimme some skin
- glyn
- herein
- jinn
- Karin
- kissing kin
- lecithin
- Nguyen
Questions about quin
- What does quin mean?
- Quin means a quintuplet.
- What part of speech is quin?
- Quin can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce quin?
- Quin is pronounced /kwɪn/.
- What is the plural of quin?
- The plural of quin is quins.
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