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quin¹

  • /kwɪn/
  • [kʰw̥ɪn]

Sounds like Quinn · Rhymes with -ɪn

noun quins

  1. informal A quintuplet.

    Similar: quint

quin²

  • /kwɪn/
  • [kʰw̥ɪn]

Sounds like Quinn · Rhymes with -ɪn

noun quins

  1. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food. Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins, which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.

Quin³

Where it comes from

* Irish: variant of Quinn, from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

* English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French quin (“monkey”).

* French: from a short form of Jaquin, pet form of Jacques, from Latin Iācōbus (English Jacob).

proper noun Quins

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A village in County Clare, Ireland, south-east of Ennis (Irish grid ref R 4174).

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@misc{quin_2026,
  title = {quin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}