English

Alternative forms

• cinque

Noun

cinq ‎(plural cinqs)

1. (archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃k/

Numeral

cinq

1. five

Related terms

• cinq-à-sept
• cinquante
• cinquième

Descendants

• Guianese Creole: senk
• Haitian Creole: senk
• Karipúna Creole French: sẽk
• Louisiana Creole French: senk
• Mauritian Creole: senk
• Seychellois Creole: senk

See also

Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text)
as	deux	trois	quatre	cinq	six	sept
huit	neuf	dix	valet	dame	roi	joker

Middle French

Alternative forms

• cinc
• cincq

Etymology

From Old French cinc.

Numeral

cinq ‎(invariable)

1. five

Descendants

• French: cinq (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Numeral

cinq

1. Alternative form of cinc: five