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cinque

noun
/sɪŋk/UK

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from cīnque
  2. derived from cinq
  3. inherited from cynk

Definitions

  1. A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.

    • 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, Cinque, or Six.

  2. A surname from Italian.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA