cinch

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Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (“a belt or girth”), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle.

Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from Spanish cinco (“five”), the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards.

Uncertain; perhaps from Cinch Connectors, a Chicago-based company producing connectors.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подпруга (podpruga) — saddle girth
• Finnish: satulavyö — saddle girth
• Galician: cenlla — saddle girth
• Galician: cincha — saddle girth
• German: Sattelgurt — saddle girth
• Kazakh: тартпа (tartpa) — saddle girth
• Māori: kati — saddle girth
• Romanian: chingă — saddle girth
• Russian: подпру́га (podprúga) — saddle girth
• Spanish: cincha — saddle girth
• Ukrainian: попруга (popruha) — saddle girth
• Bulgarian: лесна работа (lesna rabota) — something that is very easy to do
• Chinese Mandarin: 有把握的事 — something that is very easy to do
• Czech: hračka — something that is very easy to do
• Dutch: kinderspel — something that is very easy to do
• Dutch: peuleschil — something that is very easy to do
• Dutch: makkie — something that is very easy to do
• Dutch: eitje — something that is very easy to do
• Finnish: lastenleikki — something that is very easy to do
• Finnish: helppo nakki — something that is very easy to do
• French: jeu d'enfant — something that is very easy to do
• Galician: choio — something that is very easy to do
• German: Kinderspiel — something that is very easy to do
• German: Kleinigkeit — something that is very easy to do
• Italian: gioco da ragazzi — something that is very easy to do
• Polish: łatwizna — something that is very easy to do
• Portuguese: canja — something that is very easy to do
• Russian: лёгкое де́ло (ljóxkoje délo) — something that is very easy to do
• Russian: ве́рное де́ло (vérnoje délo) — something that is very easy to do
• Spanish: facil — something that is very easy to do
• Swedish: barnlek — something that is very easy to do
• Ukrainian: легка справа (lehka sprava) — something that is very easy to do
• Bulgarian: влияние (vlijanie) — firm hold
• Bulgarian: контрол (kontrol) — firm hold
• Finnish: ote — firm hold
• Russian: влия́ние (vlijánije) — firm hold
• Russian: контро́ль (kontrólʹ) — firm hold
• Bulgarian: решавам (rešavam) — to conclude
• French: serrer — to tighten down
• German: besiegeln — to tighten down
• German: sichern — to tighten down
• Spanish: ceñir — to tighten down