cinque
English
Etymology
PIE word |
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*pénkʷe |
From Middle English cink, from Middle French cinq, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin quīnque. The archaic spelling cinq is taken from modern French cinq, whereas the standard spelling is perhaps influenced by Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) or a misspelling of the French. The variant pronunciation /sæŋk/ is based on Modern French. Doublet of five, punch, pimp, and Pompeii.
Pronunciation
Noun
cinque (plural cinques)
- (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.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: シンク (shinku)
Translations
Anagrams
Corsican
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and French cinq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩn.kwe/
- Hyphenation: cin‧que
References
- “cinque, cinqui” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Italian
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), dissimilation of Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.kwe/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -inkwe
- Hyphenation: cìn‧que
Derived terms
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Classical quīnque via dissimilation of /kʷ–kʷ/ to /k–kʷ/. The same process affected cīnquāgintā < Classical quīnquāgintā (“fifty”).
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈkinkʷe/
Numeral
cīnque (indeclinable) (Late Latin, nonstandard)
- five
- 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]
- ... [vi]xit annis quadracinta cinque ex quo nati sunt fili vigintiunus et Camuriusnia Rofina filia ipsuius qui vixit annis cinquaginta quator baene maerenti fecerunt
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Neapolitan: cinco
- Sicilian: cincu
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: cinq
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Sapienza University of Rome. 2017. Regio I - Latium et Campania: Fascicolo IV - Latium Adiectum I. Italia epigrafia digitale, vol. II. 110–111.