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Is cinq a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cinq is a Scrabble US word. The word cinq is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word cinq is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

CINQ,

3-letter words (1 found)

QIN,

2-letter words (2 found)

IN,QI,

You can make 4 words from cinq according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cinq

cinq icnq cniq nciq incq nicq ciqn icqn cqin qcin iqcn qicn cnqi ncqi cqni qcni nqci qnci inqc niqc iqnc qinc nqic qnic

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Definitions and meaning of cinq

cinq

Noun

cinq (plural cinqs)

  1. Archaic form of cinque.

French

Etymology

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

  • (Belgium, France) IPA(key): /sɛ̃k/
    • (Southern France) IPA(key): /sɛ̃ᵑk/, /sẽᵑk/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /sẽk/, /sãẽ̯k/, /sẽĩ̯k/
    • Homophones: scinque, scinques
  • 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

cinq (invariable)

  1. five

Derived terms

  • cinq à sept
  • cinq cents
  • cinq sur cinq
  • cinquante
  • cinquième

Related terms

  • quint

Descendants

  • Guianese Creole: senk
  • Haitian Creole: senk
  • Karipúna Creole French: sẽk
  • Louisiana Creole: sink
  • Mauritian Creole: senk
  • Seychellois Creole: senk

See also

Further reading

  • “cinq”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • cinc
  • cincq

Etymology

From Old French cinc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (in isolation or before a vowel) /sĩːk/, (before a consonant) /sĩː/

Numeral

cinq (invariable)

  1. five

Descendants

  • French: cinq (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle English: cynk, synk, synke
    • English: cinque, sinque (influenced by Italian cinque); cinq
      • → Japanese: シンク (shinku)

Old French

Numeral

cinq

  1. Alternative form of cinc: five

Source: wiktionary.org