Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cingle

/ˈsɪŋɡəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cin-gle
IPA: /ˈsɪŋɡəl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of belt or other girdle.

Example Sentences

"A triangle of arcs, her slip, flag red, and her friend with a swimmer’s back and saucery hollows in his solidly boxed buttocks was cupped into a gauze pouch and cingle."

Etymology

From Middle English sengle, from Old French sengle, cengle (Modern French sangle), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”). Doublet of cinch. Compare also Middle English kyngle, kyngll (“girdle, brooch”) from Old Norse kinga (“brooch”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sengle, cingula, cingulum

Inflected Forms

cingles (plural)

Homonyms

single

Rhymes With

single mingle jingle co-mingle shingle pringle tingle dingle ingle intermingle fingal kringle

Questions

How do you pronounce cingle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪŋɡəl/.
What does cingle mean?: A kind of belt or other girdle.
Where does cingle come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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