quinta — meaning in English

English meaning

• backstage adj/adv Behind or toward the area of a theatre out of the audience's view, where performers wait and prepare.
• fifth adj Coming after four others in a sequence; the ordinal form of five.

Senses

quinta is used for these senses in English:

• backstage The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
• coulisse A side scene of the stage in a theater or the space between the side scenes.
• fifth The ordinal form of the number five.
• fifth (ellipsis, or, nominalization) The person or thing in the fifth position.

backstage — full definition

1. adj/adv Behind or toward the area of a theatre out of the audience's view, where performers wait and prepare.
2. adj/adv Hidden from public view; happening privately behind the scenes of an event or organization.
3. noun The area of a theatre behind the stage, including dressing rooms, where performers and crew work out of the audience's sight.

fifth — full definition

1. adj Coming after four others in a sequence; the ordinal form of five.
2. noun One of five equal parts of something.
3. noun A bottle of liquor equal to about 750 milliliters, historically one-fifth of a US gallon.

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