cinq
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cinq (plural cinqs)
- (archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French cinq, from Old French cinc, from Vulgar Latin *cinque, dissimilation of Classical Latin quīnque (“five”), from Proto-Italic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish cinco, Italian cinque.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
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| Cardinal : cinq Ordinal : cinquième |
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cinq
- five
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Mon père a cinq sœurs.
- My father has five sisters.
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Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Guianese Creole: senk
- Haitian Creole: senk
- Karipúna Creole French: sẽk
- Louisiana Creole French: senk
- Mauritian Creole: senk
- Seychellois Creole: senk
See also[edit]
| Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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| as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
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| huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further reading[edit]
- “cinq” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French cinc.
Numeral[edit]
cinq (invariable)
Descendants[edit]
- French: cinq (see there for further descendants)
Old French[edit]
Numeral[edit]
cinq
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