Definition of 'five'
Word forms: plural fives
2. uncountable noun
3. See also high five
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five in British English
noun
2.
determiner
5.
a.
amounting to five
five minutes
five nights
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Word origin
Old English fīf; related to Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Old High German finf, Latin quinque, Greek pente, Sanskrit pañcaWord Frequency
five in American English
adjective
1.
totaling one more than four
noun
2.
the cardinal number between four and six; 5; V
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Word origin
ME < OE fif, with assimilated nasal, akin to Ger fünf (OHG, Goth fimf) < IE base *penkwe > Sans páñca, Gr pente, L quinqueWord Frequency
five in American English
(faiv)
noun
1.
a cardinal number, four plus one
2.
a symbol for this number, as 5 or V
3.
a set of this many persons or things
5. informal
a five-dollar bill
Can you give me two fives for a ten?
6. See take five
adjective
7.
amounting to five in number
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Word origin
[bef. 1000; 1925–30 for def. 6; ME; OE fīf; c. D vijf, G fünf, ON fimm, Goth fimf, L quīnque, Gk pénte, Skt pancha]Examples of 'five' in a sentence
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In other languages
five
- American English: five /ˈfaɪv/
- Arabic: خَمْسَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: cinco
- Chinese: 五
- Croatian: pet
- Czech: pět
- Danish: fem
- Dutch: vijf
- European Spanish: cinco
- Finnish: viisi
- French: cinq
- German: fünf
- Greek: πέντε
- Italian: cinque
- Japanese: 五
- Korean: 5
- Norwegian: fem
- Polish: pięć
- European Portuguese: cinco
- Romanian: cinci
- Russian: пять
- Latin American Spanish: cinco
- Swedish: fem
- Thai: ห้า
- Turkish: beş
- Ukrainian: п'ять
- Vietnamese: năm số
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