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Definitions: Cinquefoil |
CinquefoilNoun1. Any of a numerous plants grown for their 5-petal flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties. 2. An ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Cinquefoil \Cinque"foil`\, noun. [Cinque five foil, French feuille leaf. See Foil.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: CinquefoilSynonym: five-finger (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cinquefoil |
| English words defined with "cinquefoil": Five-leaf ♦ genus Potentilla ♦ Marsh five-finger ♦ Potentilla ♦ Septfoil. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sticky Cinquefoil (Potentilla glandulosa) at Lower Table Rock. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| "Cinquefoil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cinquefoil" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cinquefoil": Marsh cinquefoil. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cinquefoil | 31 |
spring cinquefoil | 3 |
potentilla cinquefoil | 2 |
bush cinquefoil | 2 |
cinquefoil shrubby | 2 |
cinquefoil sulfur | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cinquefoil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | sølvpotentil (hoary cinquefoil, silvery cinquefoil), norsk potentil (Norwegian cinquefoil, rough cinquefoil, ternate-leaved cinquefoil), krybende potentil (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass), femfingerurt (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ganzerik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | mura, børkuvísa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suikerohanhikki (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass), peltohanhikki (Norwegian cinquefoil, rough cinquefoil, ternate-leaved cinquefoil), hopeahanhikki (hoary cinquefoil, silvery cinquefoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | potentille. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Silber-Fingerkraut (hoary cinquefoil, silvery cinquefoil), norwegisches Fingerkraut (Norwegian cinquefoil, rough cinquefoil, ternate-leaved cinquefoil), kriechendes Fingerkraut (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass), Fünffingerkraut (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | πεντάφυλλο (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | cinquefoglie (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass), potentilla (creeping cinquefoil, five-leaf grass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | lus ny queig duillagyn (shrubby cinquefoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inquefoilcay fingerört. (various references) kurtpençesi, beşparmakotu, beş dilimli yapı süsü. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Potentilla argentea L, Potentilla monspeliensis L., Potentilla norvegica L., Potentilla reptans. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cinquefoil": cinquefoils. (additional references) | |
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"Cinquefoil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cinquifoil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-i-l-n-o-q-u" | |
-2 letters: olefinic. | |
-3 letters: flounce, funicle. | |
-4 letters: cineol, cinque, clique, cloque, enolic, leucin, nuclei, olefin, quince, quinic, quinol, uncoil, unific. | |
-5 letters: cline, clone, colin, elfin, eloin, felon, ficin, fique, ionic, louie, nicol, oculi, oleic, olein, ounce, quoin, uncle. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-i-i-l-n-o-q-u" | |
+1 letter: cinquefoils. | |
+2 letters: liquefaction. | |
+3 letters: liquefactions. | |
+5 letters: requalification. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 69 6E 71 75 65 66 6F 69 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101001 01101110 01110001 01110101 01100101 01100110 01101111 01101001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C i n q u e f o i l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0069 006E 0071 0075 0065 0066 006F 0069 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37758083877172817578 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Faeroese | orðabók, orðbók | føroyskur, färöisk, färöbo |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, týskt, týskari, týskur, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italienskt, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, Iddaalish, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turkist, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | enskt, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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