different between five vs quinquevirate

Translingual

Etymology

From English five

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?if] ^[sic]

Numeral

five

1. 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

1. A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
2. 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)

1. The digit/figure 5.

   He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.

2. A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.

   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 a 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

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

1. 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

1. 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)

1. fever
2. delirium

References

• Simon Stasse (2004) Dictionaire Populaire de Wallon Liegeois?^[2], Société Royale Littéraire "La Wallonne"

English

Etymology

From Latin qu?nquevir?tus, from qu?nquevir? (“quinquevirs”) + -?tus (“-ate”).

Noun

quinquevirate (plural quinquevirates)

1. An official group of five people, especially a council of five men sharing office or rule.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:government

Related terms

• quinquevir
• quinqueviral

References

• "quinquevirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.