quinary

English

English numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: five     Ordinal: fifth     Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary     Reverse order ordinal: fifth to last, fifth from last, last but four     Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate     Adverbial: five times     Multiplier: fivefold     Latinate multiplier: quintuple     Distributive: quintuply     Group collective: fivesome     Multipart collective: quintuplet, pentuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: pentad     Greek collective prefix: penta-     Latinate collective prefix: quinque-     Fractional: fifth     Latinate fractional prefix: quintant-     Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet     Greek prefix: pempto-     Number of musicians: quintet     Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈkwaɪ.nɛɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -aɪnɛɹi, -aɪnəɹi

Adjective

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quinary (not comparable)

1. Of fifth rank or order.
2. Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.
3. (arithmetic) To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Synonyms

• (ordinal): quintary
• (base five): quintal, pentimal

Derived terms

• quinary sector
• quintary

 

Translations

of fifth rank or order

• Bulgarian: петорен (petoren)
• Catalan: quinari m, quinària f
• Finnish: viidennen asteen, viidessijainen, kvinaarinen (fi)
• Georgian: ხუთობითი (xutobiti)
• German: quinär (de)
• Russian: пятери́чный (ru) (pjateríčnyj)

Noun

quinary (plural quinaries)

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