Cinque
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cinque¹
- /sɪŋk/ UK, US
- /sæŋk/ UK, US
Sounds like sink, sync, synch, sank · Rhymes with -ɪŋk, -æŋk
Where it comes from
PIE word
*pénkʷe
From Middle English cynk, from Middle French cinq, from Latin cīnque, variant of quīnque. The archaic spelling cinq is taken from modern French cinq, whereas the standard spelling is perhaps influenced by Italian cinque or a misspelling of the French. The variant pronunciation /sæŋk/ is based on Modern French. Doublet of fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.
noun cinques · cinq · sinque · sink · sank
- A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips. Accordingly the firſt beſt throw upon the dice is eſteemed aces, as it ſtops the ſix point in the outer table, and ſecures the cinque in your own, whereby your adverſary's two men upon your ace point cannot get out with either quatre, cinq, or ſix.
Cinque²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian Cinque.
proper noun Cinques
- A surname from Italian.
