cinque
UK/sɪŋk/
cinque noun: a card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
Noun
cinque (plural cinques)
- A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
- 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, “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...
- 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.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...
Proper noun capitalized: Cinque
Cinque (plural Cinques)
- A surname from Italian.
Forms of cinque
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cinques |
| alternative form | sink |
| alternative form | sank |
| alternative form (archaic) | cinq |
| alternative form (obsolete) | sinque |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cinques |
Origin of cinque
PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English cynk, 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 fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii.
Borrowed from Italian Cinque.
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Questions about cinque
- What does cinque mean?
- Cinque means a card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
- What part of speech is cinque?
- Cinque can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cinque?
- Cinque is pronounced /sɪŋk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cinque?
- The plural of cinque is cinques.
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