noun
Meaning 1
A potentilla (flower).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cinquefoil
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/
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General-American: /ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl/
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General-American: /ˈsæŋkˌfɔɪl/
noun
Meaning 2
A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
Meaning 3
A particular knot of five crossings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
Meaning 4
an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: carving
noun
Meaning 5
any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: five-finger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: silverweed, goose-tansy, goose grass, Potentilla anserina
History
Etymology
From Old French cinqfoil, from cinq (“five”) + foil (“leaf”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: quinquefoli — heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes
- Finnish: viisilehti — heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes
- Finnish: viisilehtinen kukka — heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes
- French: quintefeuille — heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes
- German: Fünfpass — heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes
- Italian: cinquefoglie — heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes
- Swedish: femblading — heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes