adjective · rare

quaint

quaint · quainter · quaintest

старомодный

malerisch, pittoresk

Strange or odd; unusualStrange or odd; unusual.

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/kweɪnt/

» It's a quaint old village.

Das ist ein malerisches altes Dorf.

Это живописная старая деревня.

Meaning

5 senses

(dialectal)Strange or odd; unusual.
kurios, wunderlich, komisch
причудливыйpričudlivyj
very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
pittoresk, malerisch
старомо́дныйstaromódnyj
attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
(obsolete)Of a person: cunning, crafty.
(obsolete)Cleverly made; artfully contrived.
(obsolete)Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.

Examples

10 sentences

It's a quaint old village.
ruЭто живописная старая деревня.
deDas ist ein malerisches altes Dorf.
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His accent sounds a little quaint.
ruЕго акцент звучит немного странно.
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We stayed in a quaint bed and breakfast by the sea.
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The room was quaint, with its antique furniture and lace curtains.
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The lanterns near the pond in the quaint garden illumined in green.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

interestingly strange:

having old-fashioned charm:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

interestingly strange:

having old-fashioned charm:

Origin

From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French coi

From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“to know”).

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