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quintenary

quintenary adjective: consisting of five things.

Adjective

quintenary (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of five things.
    Synonyms:
    quinary

Synonyms of quintenary

Origin of quintenary

Based on Latin quintus and number adjectives like septenary and novenary.

Questions about quintenary

What does quintenary mean?
Quintenary means consisting of five things.
What part of speech is quintenary?
Quintenary is an adjective.

Words near quintenary in the dictionary

  1. Quintel
  2. Quintela
  3. Quintelas
  4. Quintell
  5. Quintels
  6. quintenary
  7. quintennial
  8. quintennials
  9. Quinter
  10. quintern
  11. quinternion

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