cinc

cinc m

1. zinc (chemical element)

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cīnque, from Latin quīnque (“five”), from Proto-Italic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋk/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋ/
• Rhymes: -iŋk

cinc m or f

1. five

cinc m (plural cincs)

1. five

From Vulgar Latin *cīnque, from Latin quīnque (“five”).

cinc

1. five

cinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cīnque, from Latin quīnque (“five”), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

• IPA^(key): /siŋk/

cinc

1. five

• cinquanta
• cinquen

• cinq
• cinque

From Vulgar Latin *cīnque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

• IPA^(key): /tsĩnk/

cinc

1. five
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     A lor seignor gaires n’antendent
     Ne les serors ne li cinc frere

     They didn't listen to their father
     Neither the sisters or the five brothers

• Middle French: cinq
  • French: cinq (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: chînq
• Walloon: cénk

• cinc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (second entry)

• zinc

From French zinc, from German Zink, of unknown ultimate origin.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θiŋk/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /siŋk/

cinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

• cincado