cinque

Meaning

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

Synonyms

fin

five

pentad

quint

quintet

quintuplet

fivesome

Little Phoebe

Phoebe

V

V

5

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪŋk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cink

Cognate with French: cinq

Cognate with Italian: cinque

In summary

PIE word
*pénkʷe
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; related to Pompeii.