cinquefoilとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• cinqfoil

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/

名詞

cinquefoil (複数形 cinquefoils)

1. 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.

2. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
3. (topology) A particular knot of five crossings.

同意語

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

等位語

• trefoil
• quatrefoil
• sexfoil
• octofoil

関連する語

• cinque
• multifoil
• polyfoil

Further reading

• cinquefoil knot on Wikipedia.