Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cinco

/sˈɪŋkoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: cin-co
IPA: /sˈɪŋkoʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Etymology

Ultimately from Hokkien, via Philippine Spanish Cinco, an alternative form of Sinco/Singco, which are historically transcriptions following Spanish orthography of a Hokkien name with honorific used as surnames since the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Cinco

Inflected Forms

Cincos (plural)

Homonyms

sinko

Rhymes With

pachinko marcinko sinko rusinko

Questions

How do you pronounce cinco?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪŋkoʊ/.
What does cinco mean?: A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.
Where does cinco come from?: Ultimately from Hokkien, via Philippine Spanish Cinco, an alternative form of Sinco/Singco, which are historically transcriptions following Spanish orthography of a Hokkien name with honorific used as surnames since the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.

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