quinate
English
editEtymology 1
editFirst 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.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kwīʹnət, IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪnət/
- (UK) enPR: kwīʹnāt, IPA(key): /ˈkwʌɪneɪt/
- (US) enPR: kwīʹnāt', IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/
Adjective
editquinate (not comparable)
- (botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
- 1760, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany, Containing an Explanation of the Theory of That Science, and an Interpretation of Its Technical Terms, Extracted from the Works of Linnæus, book 3, chapter 6, page 183:
- 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.
References
edit- “quinate, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
- “quinate, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2007]
Etymology 2
editFirst attested in 1810. Either quin(a) + -ate or quin(ic) + -ate, in either case perhaps after the French quinquinate; compare the French kinate, quinate.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kwĭʹnət, kwīʹnət, IPA(key): /ˈkwɪnət/, /ˈkwaɪnət/
- (UK) enPR: kwĭʹnāt, kĭʹnāt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɪneɪt/, /ˈkɪneɪt/
- (US) enPR: kwĭʹnāt', kĭʹnāt', IPA(key): /ˈkwɪˌneɪt/, /ˈkɪˌneɪt/
Noun
editquinate (plural quinates)
- (chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
- 1810, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry, 4th edition, volume 3, page 106:
- 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.
References
edit- “quinate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
- “quinate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., December 2007]
Anagrams
editItalian
editAdjective
editquinate
Latin
editAdjective
editquīnāte
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