cinque

• cinq (archaic)
• sinque (obsolete)
• sink, sank (misspellings)

From Middle English cink, 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 five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɪŋk/

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  • Homophones: sink, sync, synch
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sæŋk/

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  • Homophone: sank
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk, -æŋk

cinque (plural cinques)

1. (dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
   • 1775, “a Connoisseur”, “Containing an Account of the Game of Back-gammon, with the most approved Method of playing at it, and the Rules of the Game. Together with the Artifices and Legerdemains that are frequently practised at it.”, in Annals of Gaming; or, The Fair Player’s Sure Guide. Containing Original Treatises on the following Games. […], London: […] G. Allen, […], pages 181–182:

     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.

   • 1775, “Introduction to the Game of Back-Gammon; With the most approved Method of playing at it”, in Charles Jones, editor, Hoyle’s Games Improved. Being Practical Treatises on the following Fashionable Games, […], London: […] J. Rivington and J. Wilkie, […], page 170:

     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.

• ace, deuce, trey, cater, sice

• cinquefoil
• cinque-pace
• Cinque Ports

• → Japanese: シンク (shinku)

• quince

• cinqui

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃinkwe/
• Hyphenation: cin‧que

cinque

1. five

• “cinque, cinqui” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sin.kwe/, /ˈsin-/

cinque

1. five

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.kwe/

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• Rhymes: -inkwe
• Hyphenation: cìn‧que

cinque (invariable)

1. five

cinque m (invariable)

1. five

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

• penta-

cīnque (indeclinable) (nonstandard)

1. Alternative form of quīnque (with dissimilation of /kʷ–kʷ/ to /k–kʷ/)
   • 2nd c. CE, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 10 05939 (1):^[1]

     ... [vi]xit annis quadracinta cinque ex quo nati sunt fili vigintiunus et Camuriusnia Rofina filia ipsuius qui vixit annis cinquaginta quator baene maerenti fecerunt

     ...lived for forty-five years and had twenty-one sons and a daughter Camuriusnia Rofina, who lived fifty-four years; [together,] they made [this epitaph] for [their] well-deserving [parent]

• see: quīnque