cinc

See also: CINC, ćinć, and C-in-C

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cīnque, dissimilation of Latin quinque. Compare Catalan cinc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθink/
• Rhymes: -ink
• Syllabification: cinc

Numeral

cinc

1. five

Asturian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθink/, [ˈθĩŋk]
• Rhymes: -ink

Noun

cinc m

1. zinc (chemical element)

Catalan

Catalan numbers ^(edit)

	50
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Cardinal: cinc     Ordinal (Central): cinquè     Ordinal (Valencian): cinqué     Ordinal (Latinate): quint     Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 5è     Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 5é     Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 5t     Multiplier: quíntuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 5

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cīnque, dissimilation of Latin quīnque (“five”), from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsiŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈsiŋk]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iŋk

Numeral

cinc m or f

1. (cardinal number) five

Derived terms

• cinc-en-rama
• cinquè
• fer cinc cèntims

 

Related terms

• cinquanta
• quint
• quinze

 

Noun

cinc m (plural cincs)

1. five
2. (castells) a castell built with five castellers on each level

Further reading

• “cinc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cinc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cinc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cinc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Friulian

Friulian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinc     Ordinal: cuint

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cīnque, dissimilation of Latin quīnque (“five”).

Numeral

cinc

1. five

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiŋk/ [ˈθiŋk]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθiŋk/ [ˈθiŋk]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsiŋk/ [ˈsiŋk]

• Rhymes: -iŋk

Noun

cinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

Further reading

• “cinc” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Occitan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : cinc     Ordinal : cinquen

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cīnque, dissimilation of Latin quīnque (“five”). Cognates include Catalan cinc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋk/

• Audio (Béarn)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cinc

Numeral

cinc (Languedoc)

1. five

Related terms

• cinquanta
• cinquen

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 137.

Old French

Alternative forms

• cinq, chink, cinque

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cīnque, dissimilation of Latin quīnque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsink/

Numeral

cardinal number

5	Previous:	quatre
	Next:	sis

cinc

1. five
   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     A lor seignor gaires n’antendent
     Ne les serors ne li cinc frere

     They didn't listen to their father
     Neither the sisters or the five brothers

Descendants

• Gallo: sinq, sin
• Middle French: cinq (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: chînq, chinq; chin, chin
• Walloon: cénk

References

• cinc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zinc

Chemical element
Zn
Previous: cobre (Cu)
Next: galio (Ga)

Etymology

Borrowed from French zinc, from German Zink, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθink/ [ˈθĩŋk]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsink/ [ˈsĩŋk]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ink
• Syllabification: cinc

Noun

cinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

Derived terms

• cincado

 

Further reading

• “cinc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014