five

Significat

Num

1. A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
2. Describing a group or set with five elements.

Noun

1. The digit/figure 5.
2. A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.
3. Anything measuring five units, as length.
4. A person who is five years old.
5. Five o'clock.
6. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
7. A basketball team, club or lineup.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/faɪv/

Etimologia

PIE word
*pénkʷe
From Middle English five, vif, fif, from Old English fīf (“five”), from Proto-West Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
See also West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norwegian and Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm; also Welsh pump, Latin quinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjatʹ), Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persian پنج (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of cinque, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi and related to Pompeii.
The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf was lost through a sound change known as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.

Sents

Try to make eye contact with a stranger on the bus , and hold it for five seconds , without speaking .

There are five ties in Branksome.