cinquefoil

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French cinqfoil, from cinq (“five”) + foil (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

(UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/

Noun

cinquefoil (plural cinquefoils)

A potentilla (flower).
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:
  Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.

Synonyms

(flower): fiveleaf
(knot): cinquefoil knot, $5_{1}$ , $T(5,2)$

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Translations

potentilla — see potentilla

heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes

Catalan: quinquefoli m
Finnish: viisi lehtinen kukka
French: quintefeuille (fr) f
German: Fünfpass m
Italian: cinquefoglie (it) m
Swedish: femblading c

topology: knot

Further reading

cinquefoil knot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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