five

See also: Five

English
English numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: five
    Ordinal: fifth
    Multiplier: quintuple, fivefold
    Distributive: quintuply

Alternative forms
  • Arabic numerals: 5 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
  • Roman numerals: V

Etymology

From Middle English five, vif, fif, from Old English fīf (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”) (compare West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norwegian and Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (compare Welsh pump, Latin quinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjatʹ), Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persian پنج‎ (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca)).

The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf was lost through a sound change known as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.

Pronunciation

Numeral

five

  1. A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots: (•••••).
  2. Describing a group or set with five elements.

Translations

See also
  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

five (plural fives)

  1. The digit/figure 5.
    He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
  2. (US) A five-dollar bill.
    Can anyone here change a five?
  3. Anything measuring five units, as length.
    All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
  4. A person who is five years old.
    The fives and sixes will have snack first, then the older kids.
  5. Five o'clock.
    See you at five.
  6. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
    Take five, soldier.
  7. (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.

Derived terms

Translations
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See also
Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
ace deuce, two three four five six seven
eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fīf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe; the v is from inflected forms of the word; these forms underwent intervocalic voicing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːv/

Numeral
cardinal number
5 Previous: fower
Next: six

five

  1. five

Descendants

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English five, from Old English fīf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faiːv/
  • (Dundee) IPA(key): /fɛv/

Numeral
cardinal number
5 Previous: fower
Next: sax

five

  1. five

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin febris (“fever”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fiːf/

Noun

five f (plural fives)

  1. fever
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