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.

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-

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: five

Inherited from Old English: fīf

Cognate with Western Frisian: fiif

Cognate with Dutch: vijf

Cognate with German: fünf

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: fem

Cognate with Icelandic: fimm

Cognate with Welsh: pump

Cognate with Latin: quinque

Cognate with Tokharian A: päñ

Cognate with Tokharian B: piś

Cognate with Lithuanian: penki

Cognate with Russian: пять

Cognate with Albanian: pesë

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πέντε

Cognate with Armenian: հինգ

Cognate with Persian: 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.

Sentences

What were you when you came here five years ago ?

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

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

It seats five adults and luggage .

Bayes married five times .

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

There are five ties in Branksome.

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