five

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search
Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

Contents

[edit] English

war « short « able « #392: five » need » met » boy

[edit] Alternative forms

English cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6   > 
    Cardinal : five
    Ordinal : fifth
  • Arabic numerals: 5 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
  • Roman numerals: V

[edit] Etymology

From Old English fīf, from Proto-Germanic *fimfi, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Cognate with German fünf, Italian cinque, French cinq, Greek πέντε (pente), Russian пять (pjat’), Persian پنج (panj).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Numeral

five

  1. (cardinal) The number following four; 5.

[edit] Translations

five (5)

[edit] Noun

Singular
five

Plural
fives

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. five o'clock
    See you at five.
  4. A five-minute rest.
    Take five, soldier.

[edit] Translations

digit
five-dollar bill
five o'clock
five-minute rest
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked

[edit] Derived terms

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/five"
Personal tools