number/sɛ̃k/
five
“Mon père a cinq sœurs.” — My father has five sisters.
Related: cinq à sept, cinq cents, cinq sur cinq, cinquante, cinquième
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. Doublet of punch.