Polyglot Dictionary

quinqué

/kinˈke/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los quinqués

Meaning

  1. oil lamp

    • Encendió el quinqué.

      He lit the oil lamp.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Öllampe

Öllampe is the German word for the same thing — both mean "oil lamp."

Portuguese

lamparina

lamparina is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "oil lamp."

Practice

1 What does quinqué mean?

2 Fill the gap: Encendió el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches quinqué?

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