five

Meaning

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

five

5

five-spot

fivesome

quint

quintet

quintuplet

basketball team

pentad

Little Phoebe

Phoebe

cinque

fin

fiver

fifth

arm

hand

penta-

quinti-

quintette

quin

back of hand

elbow

finger

fingers

ten

wristbands

v

V

number five

palm

all five fingers

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faɪv/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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.