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fifth en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• fĭft (UK, US, dialectal)
• fĭfth (UK, US, standard)
• fĭth (UK, US, informal)
• (US) audio
• /fɪfθ/ (UK, US, standard)
• (US, informal) audio
• /fɪθ/ (UK, US, informal)
• /fɪft/ (UK, US, dialectal)

Etymology

PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots fift, fyft (“fifth”), North Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), West Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), Dutch vijfde (“fifth”), Low German fifte, föfte, füfte (“fifth”), German fünfte (“fifth”), Danish femte (“fifth”), Swedish femte (“fifth”), Icelandic fimmta (“fifth”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) The ordinal form of the number five.
   • On Friday, at a former Michelin factory in the north-east of the city, the finishing touches were being put in place for the fifth Dundee design festival, which opens on Monday. 2024 September 21, Eve Livingston, “‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

fifth gear · fifth nerve · fifth disease · Fifth Amendment · fifth wheel · fifth position · fifth grade · fifth cousin · fifth slip · Fifth World · Fifth Sun · fifth wall · Fifth Month · fifth rate · plead the fifth · seventy-fifth · fifth-day fits · fifthness · fifth base · fifth estate · fifth quarter · fifth column · fifth cranial nerve · Revenge of the Fifth · fifth normal form · fifth toe · fifth force · fifth freedom rights · Fifth Cycle · fifthly · fifth-rate · Israel Day on Fifth

Synonyms

V (in names of monarchs and popes) · V. · 5th · Vth

Translations (147)

ja 五番目 (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hi पांचवां (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · si පස්වෙනි (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · frr füfs (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · pl piąty (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · eu bosgarren (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · rue пя́тый (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · mn тавдахь (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · evn тунӈӣ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · arz خامس (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sl pêti (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ca quint (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · fa پنجم (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hu ötödik (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ky бешинчи (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ofs fīfta (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · nv ashdlaʼ góneʼ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sah бэһис (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ca cinquè (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · uz beshinchi (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · mi tuarima (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · my ပဉ္စမ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · tk bäşinji (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sw ya tano (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · oc quint (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · lij quìnto (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ota بشنجی (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · be пя́ты (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ta ஐந்தாவது (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · gag beşinci (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · el πέμπτος (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · mn тавдугаар (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ar خَامِسَة (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · cu пѧтъ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hi पाँचवां (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · haw lima (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · yi פֿינפֿט (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · tl panlima (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · br pempvet (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ur پانچواں (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sk piaty (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · nl vijfde (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · gd còigeamh (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · kmr pêncem (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · is fimmti (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · frr füft (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · af vyfde (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sh пети (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ru пя́тый (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · fr cinquième (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · it quinto (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · he חמישית (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · se viđát (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ta ஐந்தாம் (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · xfa cuicto (cuicto) (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · da femte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sa पञ्चमः (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · gv queiggoo (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · no femte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ast quintu (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · mi te rima (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hi पंजुम (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sco fift (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · txb piṅkte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · it quinta (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · id kelima (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hsb pjaty (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · oc cinquen (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · cjs пежинчи (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · mk петти (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · fi viides (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · bn পঞ্চম (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · tt бишенче (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · fo fimti (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ug بەشىنچى (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · gl quinto (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · enm fifte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · cy pumed (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · pt quinto (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · kjh пизінӌі (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sgs penkts (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · mfe sinkiem (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · fr cinq (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · lv piektais (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sh peti (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · pi pañcama (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · izh viijes (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · tr beşinci (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ga cúigiú (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · vot viijjez (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · nci ic mācuīlli (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ru 5-ый (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · kk бесінші (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · dlm cincto (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · frr fifst (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sq pestë (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · otk 𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰨 (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · fy fyfte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hi पाँचवाँ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hi पंचम (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · tg панҷум (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · smn viiđâd (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · et viies (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · io kinesma (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · pdt fefta (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ia quinte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sv femte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · dsb pěty (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · lt penktas (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · km ទីប្រាំ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · he חמישי (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · es quinto (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · bg пе́ти (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · az beşinci (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ka მეხუთე (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · pdc fimft (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · sms viiđad (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · vi thứ năm (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · xal тавдгч (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ba бишенсе (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · mt il-ħames (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · la quintus (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · chk animuen (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · de fünfte (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · lo ທີ່ຫ້າ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ro cincilea (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hi पंजवी (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ar خَامِس (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · it quinto (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · alt бежинчи (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · cmn 第五 (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · grc πέμπτος (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ml അഞ്ചാം (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · cs pátý (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · crh beşinci (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ko 다섯째 (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · vo lulid (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · tl ikalima (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · prg kettwirts (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · hy հինգերորդ (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · eo kvina (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · om shanaad (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · uk п'я́тий (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · kmr pêncemîn (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · th ที่ห้า (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · bua табадахи (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th) · ms kelima (Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th)

fifth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• fĭft (UK, US, dialectal)
• fĭfth (UK, US, standard)
• fĭth (UK, US, informal)
• (US) audio
• /fɪfθ/ (UK, US, standard)
• (US, informal) audio
• /fɪθ/ (UK, US, informal)
• /fɪft/ (UK, US, dialectal)

Etymology

PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots fift, fyft (“fifth”), North Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), West Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), Dutch vijfde (“fifth”), Low German fifte, föfte, füfte (“fifth”), German fünfte (“fifth”), Danish femte (“fifth”), Swedish femte (“fifth”), Icelandic fimmta (“fifth”).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:ellipsis or nominalization) The person or thing in the fifth position.
2. (ellipsis, qualifier:ellipsis or nominalization) The person or thing in the fifth position. ▸ The fifth gear of a transmission.
3. One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.
4. (US) A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
5. The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)
   • Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth 1984, Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah”, in Various Positions:
6. The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

Forms

Deriveds

flatted fifth · plead the Fifth · take the fifth · augmented fifth · diminished fifth · perfect fifth · typhoon fifth

Synonyms

⅕ (one of five equal parts)

Translations (93)

hu kvint (musical interval) · af kwint (musical interval) · wa cénkinme (one of five equal parts of a whole) · yi פֿינפֿטל (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ro cvintă (musical interval) · it quinta (person or thing in the fifth position) · fr quinte (musical interval) · mi haurima (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ia quinto (person or thing in the fifth position) · pt quinta (person or thing in the fifth position) · lt penktas (person or thing in the fifth position) · sv flaska (quantity of liquor) · lv piektā (person or thing in the fifth position) · nl vijfde (one of five equal parts of a whole) · lt penkta (person or thing in the fifth position) · fa پنجیک (one of five equal parts of a whole) · pdc Fimfdel (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ltg pīktuo (person or thing in the fifth position) · sv sjuttiofemma (quantity of liquor) · wa cénkinme (person or thing in the fifth position) · sv kvint (musical interval) · nb femdel (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ltg pīkts (person or thing in the fifth position) · et viiendik (one of five equal parts of a whole) · haw lele lima (musical interval) · hu ötöd (one of five equal parts of a whole) · fr cinquième (one of five equal parts of a whole) · de Fünfte (person or thing in the fifth position) · lv piektdaļa (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ca quinta (musical interval) · sv femtedel (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ltg pīktais (person or thing in the fifth position) · pt quinto (person or thing in the fifth position) · ar خُمْس (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ca quint (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ast quintu (person or thing in the fifth position) · gl quinto (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ro a cincea (person or thing in the fifth position) · it quinto (one of five equal parts of a whole) · fr cinquième (person or thing in the fifth position) · nn femtedel (one of five equal parts of a whole) · bg пети (person or thing in the fifth position) · es quinto (one of five equal parts of a whole) · bg пета (one of five equal parts of a whole) · sco fift (person or thing in the fifth position) · bg квинта (musical interval) · fi kvintti (musical interval) · fi viides (person or thing in the fifth position) · nl kwint (musical interval) · it quinto (person or thing in the fifth position) · cs kvinta (musical interval) · el πέμπτο (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ast quintu (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ru пятая (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ia quinta (person or thing in the fifth position) · eu bosgarren (person or thing in the fifth position) · hy հինգերորդ (person or thing in the fifth position) · ru кви́нта (musical interval) · fi viidesosa (one of five equal parts of a whole) · nn femdel (one of five equal parts of a whole) · la quintus (person or thing in the fifth position) · nn kvint (musical interval) · sv sjuttis (quantity of liquor) · pt quinto (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ca cinquè (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ro al cincilea (person or thing in the fifth position) · hu ötödik (person or thing in the fifth position) · haw hapalima (one of five equal parts of a whole) · nb femtedel (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ltg pīkta (person or thing in the fifth position) · nb kvint (musical interval) · hi पंजवी (one of five equal parts of a whole) · hy հինգերորդ (one of five equal parts of a whole) · da den femte (person or thing in the fifth position) · fa پنجیک (one of five equal parts of a whole) · sv femte (person or thing in the fifth position) · lv piektais (person or thing in the fifth position) · lt penktadalis (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ja 五度 (musical interval) · de Quinte (musical interval) · ka მეხუთედი (one of five equal parts of a whole) · cs pětina (one of five equal parts of a whole) · sv helrör (quantity of liquor) · ia quinto (one of five equal parts of a whole) · de Fünftel (one of five equal parts of a whole) · ro cincime (one of five equal parts of a whole) · sv femma (person or thing in the fifth position) · fi viidennes (one of five equal parts of a whole) · tl sangkalima (one of five equal parts of a whole) · tl kalima (one of five equal parts of a whole) · lv piektā daļa (one of five equal parts of a whole) · tr beşinci (person or thing in the fifth position) · eo kvinono (one of five equal parts of a whole)

fifth en · VERB

Pronunciation

• fĭft (UK, US, dialectal)
• fĭfth (UK, US, standard)
• fĭth (UK, US, informal)
• (US) audio
• /fɪfθ/ (UK, US, standard)
• (US, informal) audio
• /fɪθ/ (UK, US, informal)
• /fɪft/ (UK, US, dialectal)

Etymology

PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots fift, fyft (“fifth”), North Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), West Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), Dutch vijfde (“fifth”), Low German fifte, föfte, füfte (“fifth”), German fünfte (“fifth”), Danish femte (“fifth”), Swedish femte (“fifth”), Icelandic fimmta (“fifth”).

Meanings

1. To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
   • Each of these three groups contributes some special insight into the nature of fifthing and the context in which it was practiced. 1978, Discant and the Theory of Fifthing:
   • Another extension of strict organum is 'fifthing'. Fifthing is a note-against- note method of creating a two-part texture by improvising a second voice over the given tune, starting and ending each musical phrase at the octave and proceeding mainly in fifths above the tune at others times. 1996, Music in Early English Religious Drama: Minstrels playing, page 510:
2. (informal, transitive) To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.
   • Though seconding (or fifthing) the praise for “BoJack Horseman” and “In Treatment,” I think I’ll use the majority of my space to discuss “You’re the Worst.” 2017, Critics Pick the TV Shows That Get Mental Health Right — IndieWire Survey:
   • It was then moved, seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed, “that Jarman be, and is hereby hung, and ought to be kicked.” 1892 December 31, Talbot Baines Reed, “Tom, Dick, and Harry. A School Story.”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XV, number 729, page 212, column 2:
   • A lisping young “Soundings,” or master’s assistant, sung out “I thecond the mothon,” instantly transferring his beer to our hero’s face. In short the resolution was thirded, fourthed, fifthed, and sixthed, all following suit with the swipes:[…] 1854 January, “Tregonhorke’s First Trip in a Man-of-War”, in Hunt’s Yachting Magazine, volume the third, London: Hunt and Son, […]; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], page 14:
3. (nonstandard, transitive) To divide by five.
   • 3/5 has been through fifthing. 2/3 has been through thirding. Therefore, 3/5 now needs thirding and 2/3 needs fifthing 2006, Mathematics for Dyslexics: Including Dyscalculia, page 188:

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