cinque

Meanings

Plural: cinques

Noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*pénkʷe
From Middle English cink, 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.

Synonyms

5, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V

Scrabble Score: 17

cinque is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cinque is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cinque is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

cinque is a valid Words With Friends word