Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of fifth rank or order.

    quinär

    пятери́чныйpjateríčnyj

  2. (not comparable)Consisting of five things; arranged in fives.

  3. (not comparable)To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of fifth rank or order:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of fifth rank or order:

Origin

From the Latin quīnārius (“containing five each”), from quīnī (“five each”, “five at a tim

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.

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