Definitions for cinquain

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cinquain cin·quain

Spelling: [sing-keyn, sing-keyn]

IPA: /sɪŋˈkeɪn, ˈsɪŋ keɪn/

Cinquain is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in cinquain (aciinnqu).

Definitions for cinquain

noun

1. a group of five.
2. Prosody. a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables. any stanza of five lines.

Origin of cinquain

1705-15; French Late Latin cinque (see cinque) + French -ain collective suffix. See quatrain