Associations to the word «Cinque»

Wiktionary

CINQUE, noun. The number five as seen on a die or on a card.
CINQUE PORTS, proper noun. A series of five historic coastal towns in Kent and Sussex; namely, Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich.

Dictionary definition

CINQUE, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope