cinque

• cinq

From Middle English cink, from Middle French cinq, from Latin quīnque. The spelling is influenced by Italian cinque

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɪŋk/, /sæŋk/
• Homophones: sink, sank

cinque (plural cinques)

1. (card games, dice games) The number five as seen on a die or on a card.
   • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, Pantologia

     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.

• cinquefoil
• Cinque Ports

• quince

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsiŋ.kwe/

cinque

1. five

From Vulgar Latin *cīnque, dissimilation of Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.kwe/, [ˈt͡ʃiŋkwe]
• Hyphenation: cìn‧que

cinque

1. five

cinque m or f (invariable)

1. five

cinque m (invariable)

1. five.

cinque f pl

1. (following the article le) five o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)

   Sono le cinque.

   It's five o'clock.

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

• Appendix:Italian numbers
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