"cinquefoil" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/ [General-American, UK] Forms: cinquefoils [plural]
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). Categories (topical): Five Categories (lifeform): Rose family plants
    Sense id: en-cinquefoil-en-noun-~hev3Be2 Disambiguation of Five: 26 38 37 Disambiguation of Rose family plants: 40 27 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 19 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 19 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 27 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 48 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 27 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 24 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 28 27
  2. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges, Five Categories (lifeform): Rose family plants 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 Disambiguation of Five: 26 38 37 Disambiguation of Rose family plants: 40 27 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 19 39 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes': 10 81 8
  3. (topology) A particular knot of five crossings. Categories (topical): Topology, Five Categories (lifeform): Rose family plants Synonyms (knot): cinquefoil knot, 5_1, T(5,2)
    Sense id: en-cinquefoil-en-noun-0ASSGw2t Disambiguation of Five: 26 38 37 Disambiguation of Rose family plants: 40 27 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 19 39 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology Disambiguation of 'knot': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cinqfoil, quinquefoil 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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