cinquedea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cinquedea (literally “five fingers”), named after its width.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃɪŋkwɪˈdi.ə/, /ˌt͡ʃɪŋkwɪˈdeɪə/
• Rhymes: -iːə, -eɪə
• Hyphenation: cin‧que‧dea

Noun

cinquedea (plural cinquedeas)

1. A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.

   Synonym: anelace

Alternative forms

• cinqueda

Translations

Italian Renaissance sword

• Bulgarian: чинкуеда f (činkueda), биволски език m (bivolski ezik), ^{(please verify)} анелас m (anelas)
• German: Cinquedea f
• Italian: cinquedea f, cinquadea f, lingua di bue f
• Japanese: チンクエデア (chinkuedea), チンクエディア (chinkuedia)
• Korean: 친퀘디아 (chinkwedia)
• Lithuanian: činkvedėja f
• Russian: чинкуэ́да f (činkuéda), чинкведе́а f (činkvedéa)
• Swedish: oxtunga (sv) c, cinquedea c
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} а́нелас m (ánelas)

Italian

Alternative forms

• cinquadea

Etymology

From cinque (“five”) +‎ dea (“fingers”, northen dialectal variant of dita; compare Venetian déo), in reference to the width of the blade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃin.kweˈdɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: cin‧que‧dè‧a

Noun

cinquedea f (plural cinquedee)

1. anelace, cinquedea (Italian Renaissance sword)

   Synonym: lingua di bue

   Hypernyms: daga, pugnale, spada