cinc

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθink/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsink/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: cinc
• Rhymes: -ink

cinc

1. five

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• IPA^(key): /ˈθink/ [ˈθiŋk]
• Rhymes: -ink
• Syllabification: cinc

cinc m

1. zinc (chemical element)

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsiŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsiŋk]

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• Rhymes: -iŋk

cinc m or f

1. (cardinal number) five

cinc m (plural cincs)

1. five
2. (castells) a castell built with five castellers on each level

• “cinc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cinc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cinc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cinc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

cinc

1. five

• Rhymes: -iŋk

cinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

• “cinc”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsink/

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• Hyphenation: cinc

cinc (Languedoc)

1. five

• cinquanta
• cinquen

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 137.

• cinq, chink, cinque

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sink/

cinc

1. five
   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     A lor seignor gaires n’antendent
     Ne les serors ne li cinc frere

     They didn't listen to their father
     Neither the sisters or the five brothers

• Gallo: sinq, sin
• Middle French: cinq (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: chînq, chinq (Guernsey), chin (continental), chin
• Walloon: cénk

• cinc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

• IPA^(key): /ˈθink/ [ˈθĩŋk] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsink/ [ˈsĩŋk] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ink
• Syllabification: cinc

cinc m (plural cincs)^[1]

1. alternative spelling of zinc (“zinc”)

• “cinc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024