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five
Translingual
Etymology
From English five
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?if] [sic]
Numeral
five
- Code word for the digit 5 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms
ITU/IMO code word pantafive
References
English
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 f?f (“five”), from Proto-West Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”) (compare West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norwegian and Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm), from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?e (compare Welsh pump, Latin quinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B pi?, Lithuanian penki, Russian ???? (pjat?), Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek ????? (pénte), Armenian ???? (hing), Persian ???? (panj), Sanskrit ???? (páñca)). Doublet of cinque, punch, pimp, and Pompeii.
The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf was lost through a sound change known as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?v
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fa?v/
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /fä?v/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /f?ev/
- Rhymes: -a?v
Numeral
five
- A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
- Describing a group or set with five elements.
Related terms
- fifth
Translations
See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
Noun
five (plural fives)
- The digit/figure 5.
- He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
- A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.
- Can anyone here change a five?
- Anything measuring five units, as length.
- All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
- A person who is five years old.
- The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
- Five o'clock.
- See you at five.
- A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
- Take five, soldier.
- (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- vife
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fife, fif, vif, fyve
Etymology
From Old English f?f, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?e. The v is from inflected forms of the word, which underwent intervocalic voicing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?v/
Numeral
five
- five
Related terms
- fifte
- fiftene
Descendants
- English: five
- Scots: five, fif, fife, fyve
- Yola: veeve
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English five, from Old English f?f, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fai?v/
- (Dundee) IPA(key): /f?v/
Numeral
five
- five
Related terms
- fift (“fifth”)
- fifty (“fifty”)
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French fievre, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *fex?ris, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??ris. Cognates include French fièvre and Norman fièvre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?f/
Noun
five f (plural fives)
- fever
- delirium
References
- Simon Stasse (2004) Dictionaire Populaire de Wallon Liegeois?[2], Société Royale Littéraire "La Wallonne"
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fivesome
English
Etymology
five +? -some
Noun
fivesome (plural fivesomes)
- A group of five people or things.
- An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.
Synonyms
- (group of five): pentad; see also Thesaurus:quintet
Translations
Adjective
fivesome (not comparable)
- (archaic) By fives; with five
- 1885, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Eclectic Magazine:
- They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him fivesome on each side.
- 1885, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Eclectic Magazine:
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