cinques
UK/sɪŋks/
cinques is the plural of cinque.
Meaning of cinque
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...
Noun
cinques pl (plural only)
- bell changes rung on eleven bells
- A quarter peal of plain bob cinques was rung.
Proper noun capitalized: Cinques
Cinques
- plural of Cinque
Words that rhyme with cinques
Questions about cinques
- What does cinques mean?
- Cinques means bell changes rung on eleven bells.
- What is cinques the plural of?
- Cinques is the plural of cinque.
- What part of speech is cinques?
- Cinques can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cinques?
- Cinques is pronounced /sɪŋks/ (UK).
Words near cinques in the dictionary
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