cinque

[ singk ]

noun

1. the five at dice, cards, etc.

cinque

/ sɪŋk /

noun

1. the number five in cards, dice, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinque¹

1350–1400; Middle English cink < Old French cinq < Vulgar Latin *cinque, for Latin quīnque five

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinque¹

C14: from Old French cinq five

Example Sentences

My buddies and I took a train up to Cinque Terre, which is a beautiful part of Italy in wine country.

From The Daily Beast

I hiked the Cinque Terre with Dan, and have gotten dozens of early reads from him.

From The Daily Beast

The Cinque Ports held almost a monopoly of the commerce of the Channel.

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This, then, the reader must always keep in mind when he is examining for himself any examples of cinque-cento work.

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By the best sculptors it is always used with this symbolic meaning, by the cinque cento sculptors as an ornament merely.

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Various insects, like everything else in the world, occur in cinque cento work; grasshoppers most frequently.

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He was anxious to open up communications with his allies in the Cinque Ports.

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