quina

quina (uncountable)

1. (archaic) quinine
   • 1871, Charles Frederick Oldham, What is Malaria?, page 66:

     In the frequent naval expeditions, on the coast of Africa, quina is in general use as a prophylactic, yet fevers, often of great severity, constantly occur.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈki.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈki.na]

Borrowed from Latin quīna.

quina f (plural quines)

1. fivesome (a group of five people or things)
2. a game similar to bingo frequently played around Christmastime

   Synonyms: plena, quinto, rifla

Borrowed from Spanish quina, from Quechua kina.

quina f (plural quines)

1. the bark of the cinchona tree, a natural source of quinine
2. a tonic made from this bark

• arbre de quina

• quinina

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

quina

1. feminine singular of quin

• “quina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷiː.na]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷiː.naː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷiː.na]

quīna

1. inflection of quīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

quīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of quīnus

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quina

1. feminine singular of quin

• Hyphenation: qui‧na

Shortening of esquina (“corner”), from Gothic.

quina f (plural quinas)

1. corner (projection of an angle in a solid object)

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

quina f (plural quinas)

1. fivesome (group of five persons or things)

   Synonym: quinteto

2. (games) the number 5 on a die, card, domino, etc.
3. a type of lottery where the goal is to get five numbers right
4. (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal

   bandeira das quinas ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• bandeira das quinas
• equipa das quinas

quina

1. inflection of quinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Clipping of quinaquina, from Quechua [Term?].

quina f (plural quinas)

1. cinchona (any of several South American trees of the genus Cinchona)
2. cinchona (the bark of cinchona trees)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkina/ [ˈki.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: qui‧na

From quinaquina, from Quechua kina.

quina f (plural quinas)

1. quinine
2. toxic wine

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

quina f (plural quinas)

1. double five (thrown on the dice)
2. five correct numbers on a lottery
3. (heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal

• “quina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024