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cinci
five /ˈtʃint͡ʃʲ/
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Example sentences
Am cinci mere.
I have five apples.
Copilul are cinci ani.
The child is five years old.
Este ora cinci.
It is five o'clock.
Ne întâlnim la ora cinci după-amiaza.
We are meeting at five in the afternoon.
Am cumpărat cinci kilograme de mere de la piață.
I bought five kilograms of apples at the market.
Din cei cinci candidați propuși, doar unul a fost ales în cele din urmă.
Of the five candidates proposed, only one was eventually chosen.
Word family
cincileafifth (ordinal)
cincimeone-fifth, a fifth part
cincizecififty
cincisprezecefifteen
a încincito increase fivefold, to quintuple
Etymology
Cinci descends from the Latin numeral quinque, five. Sound changes typical of Romanian, including the shift of the initial qu- cluster to a palatalized c-, turned quinque into the modern form. The word has stayed in everyday use without interruption since Latin, unlike some other basic vocabulary that Romanian later borrowed from Slavic or French.
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