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quin

Pronunciation: [ˈkʷiːn]

“quin” is a Latin word. Its 10 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. how come not, why don't I/you/he ..., how about? (in questioning suggestions)
  2. come on, let's, ...then! (adding force)
  3. Strengthened by various adverbs
  4. Used to emphasise an objection to the previous statement: why, but ...!

conjunction

  1. who does/can/would not (usually following a nominative)
  2. without (something happening), (so) that...not
  3. not because not...but, not that not...but
  4. from doing or happening
  5. that

pronoun

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quī, -ne.

Etymology

The adverb is from the adverb quī (“how, why”) + -ne, the conjunction from the relative pronoun quī (“who, that, which”) and its old ablative singular quī (“with whom or what, thanks to whom or what, etc.”) + -ne.

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