cinque
see also: Cinque
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) IPA: /sɪŋk/
  • (British, America) IPA: /sæŋk/
Noun

cinque (plural cinques)

  1. (dice, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
    • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, Pantologia
      The first best throw upon the dice is esteemed aces, as it stops the six-point in the outer table, and secures the cinque in your own, whereby your adversary's two men upon your ace-point cannot get out with either quatre, cinque, or six.
Related terms
Cinque
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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