"cinquefoil" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/ [General-American, UK] Forms: cinquefoils [plural], cinqfoil [alternative], quinquefoil [alternative]
Etymology: From Old French cinqfoil, from cinq (“five”) + foil (“leaf”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|cinqfoil}} Old French cinqfoil Head templates: {{en-noun}} cinquefoil (plural cinquefoils)
  1. A potentilla (flower).
    Sense id: en-cinquefoil-en-noun-~hev3Be2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Five, Rose family plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 18 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 15 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 27 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 24 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 51 27 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 24 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 30 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 49 26 25 Disambiguation of Five: 23 36 41 Disambiguation of Rose family plants: 74 14 12
  2. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes. Translations (heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes): quinquefoli [masculine] (Catalan), viisilehti (Finnish), viisilehtinen kukka (Finnish), quintefeuille [feminine] (French), Fünfpass [masculine] (German), cinquefoglie [masculine] (Italian), femblading [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cinquefoil-en-noun-DZIGbhsq Categories (other): Heraldic charges, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Five Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 15 38 Disambiguation of Five: 23 36 41 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes': 9 84 7
  3. (topology) A particular knot of five crossings. Synonyms (knot): cinquefoil knot, 5_1, T(5,2)
    Sense id: en-cinquefoil-en-noun-0ASSGw2t Categories (other): Topology, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Five Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 32 26 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 15 38 Disambiguation of Five: 23 36 41 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology Disambiguation of 'knot': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (flower): fiveleaf Derived forms: cinquefoiled, creeping cinquefoil Related terms: cinque, multifoil, polyfoil Coordinate_terms: trefoil, quatrefoil, sexfoil, octofoil
Disambiguation of 'flower': 51 49 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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