cinq
French, number/sɛ̃k/
cinq is spelled C-I-N-Q (4 letters) and appears 191 times per million words in written French, the 426th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinq is a French number meaning “five” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cinq mean in English?
number
- 1
five
Mon père a cinq sœurs.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Adjectif numéral correspondant au cardinal quatre plus un. 2. Cinquième.
noun: 1. Nombre 5, entier naturel après quatre. 2. 5, chiffre utilisé dans la numérotation. 3. Chose portant le numéro cinq. 4. Cinquième jour du mois.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce cinq?
- Belgium /sɛ̃k/
- /sɛ̃ᵑk/
- /sẽᵑk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cinq
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cinq in French?
cinq appears 191 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).