five

Signification (English)

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.

Concepts

cinq

5

10

nageoire

quintet

Phœbé

tous les cinq

à cinq

cénc

chînq

cinquième

5th

Synonyms

5

fivesome

quint

quintet

five-spot

quintuplet

pentad

fifth

5th

basketball team

arm

fiver

hand

✋

fin

cinque

Little Phoebe

Phoebe

all five fingers

elbow

finger

fingers

number five

palm

quin

quintette

ten

v

v

wristbands

V

V

back of hand

penta-

quinti-

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/faɪv/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: five

Inherited from ancien anglais: fīf

Cognate with frison occidental: fiif

Cognate with néerlandais: vijf

Cognate with allemand: fünf

Cognate with norvégien: -

Cognate with suédois: fem

Cognate with islandais: fimm

Cognate with gallois: pump

Cognate with latin: quinque

Cognate with Tokharian A: päñ

Cognate with Tokharian B: piś

Cognate with lituanien: penki

Cognate with russe: пять

Cognate with albanais: pesë

Cognate with grec ancien: πέντε

Cognate with arménien: հինգ

Cognate with persan: پنج

Cognate with sanskrit: पञ्च

In summary

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.

Phrases

What were you when you came here five years ago ?

Qu'étais-tu quand tu es venu ici il y a cinq ans?

In surprise finish , the final score was seven to five .

En terminaison surprise, le score final était de sept à cinq .

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

Essayez de créer un contact visuel avec un étranger dans le bus et maintenez-le pendant cinq secondes, sans parler.

It seats five adults and luggage .

Il peut accueillir cinq adultes et bagages.

Bayes married five times .

Bayes s'est marié cinq fois.

A model with five tons of payload was no longer offered .

Un modèle avec cinq tonnes de charge utile n'a plus été proposé.

There are five ties in Branksome.

Il y a cinq liens dans Branksome.

The cover of volume five has several bunnies with their midsections replaced with springs .

La couverture du volume cinq a plusieurs lapins avec leurs sections médianes remplacées par des ressorts.