• Five

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /faɪv/, enPR: fÄ«v
    • Southern US IPA: /fäːv/
    • Rhymes: -aɪv

    Alternative forms

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

    Origin

    From Middle English five, vif, fif, from Old English fīf ("five"), from Proto-Germanic *fimf ("five") (compare West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (compare Welsh pump, Italian cinque, Tocharian A/B päñ/piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять, Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε, Armenian հինգ, Persian پنج, Sanskrit पञ्च).

    Numeral

    numeral

    1. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots (•••••)

    Related terms

    Full definition of five

    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'clockSee you at five.
    6. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.Take five, soldier.
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