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cinq

/sɛ̃k/

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.