cinq

English

Noun

cinq (plural cinqs)

1. Archaic form of cinque.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

Numeral

cinq (invariable) (ORB, broad)

1. five

References

• cinq in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• cinq in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

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	50
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Cardinal: cinq     Ordinal: cinquième     Ordinal abbreviation: 5e, (now nonstandard) 5ème     Multiplier: quintuple
French Wikipedia article on 5

Etymology

From Middle French cinq, from Old French cinc, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, dissimilation of Classical Latin quīnque (“five”), from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish cinco, Italian cinque. Doublet of punch.

Pronunciation

• (Belgium, France) IPA^(key): /sɛ̃k/
  • (Meridional) IPA^(key): /sɛ̃ᵑk/, /sẽᵑk/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /sẽk/, /sãẽ̯k/, /sẽĩ̯k/

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  • Homophones: scinque, scinques
• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/
  • The form without /k/

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  may be used before any modified word in a consonant or aspirated h, but this is increasingly dated. It remains more or less obligatory before cents and mille, and is also usual before units of measurement (like minutes, mètres).
  • Homophones: ceins, ceint, ceints, sain, sains, saint, saints, sein, seing, seings, seins

Numeral

cinq (invariable)

1. five

   Mon père a cinq sœurs.

   My father has five sisters.

Derived terms

• cinq à sept
• cinq cents
• cinq sur cinq
• cinquante
• cinquième

Related terms

• quint

Descendants

• Guianese Creole: senk
• Haitian Creole: senk
• Karipúna Creole French: sẽk
• Louisiana Creole: sink
• 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

Further reading

• “cinq”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• cinc
• cincq

Etymology

From Old French cinc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (in isolation or before a vowel) /sĩːk/, (before a consonant) /sĩː/

Numeral

cinq (invariable)

1. five

Descendants

• French: cinq (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: cynk, synk, synke
  • English: cinque, sinque (influenced by Italian cinque); cinq
    • → Japanese: シンク (shinku)

Old French

Numeral

cinq

1. alternative form of cinc: five