Quinate

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: kwīʹnÉ™t, IPA: /ˈkwaɪnÉ™t/
• UK enPR: kwīʹnāt, IPA: /ˈkwʌɪneɪt/
• US enPR: kwīʹnāt', IPA: /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/

First 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.

Full definition of quinate

Adjective

1. (botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflet 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 183They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists.

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: kwĭʹnÉ™t, IPA: /ˈkwɪnÉ™t/, /ˈkwaɪnÉ™t/
• UK enPR: kwĭʹnāt, IPA: /ˈkwɪneɪt/, /ˈkɪneɪt/
• US enPR: kwĭʹnāt', IPA: /ˈkwɪˌneɪt/, /ˈkɪˌneɪt/

First attested in 1810; either quina + -ate or quinic + -ate, in either case perhaps after the French quinquinate; compare the French kinate, quinate.

Alternative forms

• kinate

Noun

1. (chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
• 1810, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry (4th ed.), volume 3, page 106Kinates. Hitherto only one species of this genus of salts has been examined, the kinate of lime, which exists in a species of Peruvian bark.