cinq
English edit
Noun edit
cinq (plural cinqs)
French edit
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| Cardinal: cinq Ordinal: cinquième Ordinal abbreviation: 5e, (now nonstandard) 5ème Multiplier: quintuple | ||
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Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Belgium, France) IPA(key): /sɛ̃k/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /sẽk/, /sãẽ̯k/, /sẽĩ̯k/
Audio (France) (file) Audio (Canada) (file) Audio (Canada) (file) - IPA(key): /sɛ̃/
- The form without /k/ 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 edit
cinq (invariable)
- five
- Mon père a cinq sœurs.
- My father has five sisters.
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
- Guianese Creole: senk
- Haitian Creole: senk
- Karipúna Creole French: sẽk
- Louisiana Creole: sink
- Mauritian Creole: senk
- Seychellois Creole: senk
See also edit
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Further reading edit
- “cinq”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French cinc.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
cinq (invariable)
Descendants edit
Old French edit
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cinq