five (faɪv
)
Definitions
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number
- the amount or quantity that is one greater than four
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playing card with five symbols on it
determiner
- amounting to five ⇒
five minutes
five nights
- ((as pronoun) ⇒
choose any five you like
related prefixes penta-quinque-
- amounting to five ⇒
See also
fivesWord Origin
Old English fīf ; related to Old Norse fimm , Gothic fimf , Old High German finf , Latin quinque , Greek pente , Sanskrit pañcaTranslations
- British English:
five
Five is the number 5.I spent five years there.faɪv NUMBER I spent five years there.
- Spanish:
cinco
number
- French:
cinq
nm
- German:
fünf
number
- Chinese: 五 number
- Arabic: خَمْسَة number
- Portuguese: cinco number
- Russian: пять number
- Croatian: pet number
- Czech: pět num
- Danish: fem number
- Dutch: vijf number
- Finnish: viisi number
- Greek: πέντε number
- Italian: cinque number
- Japanese: 五 number
- Korean: 5 number
- Norwegian: fem number
- Polish: pięć number
- Brazilian Portuguese: cinco number
- European Spanish:
cinco
number
- Swedish: fem number
- Thai: ห้า number
- Turkish: beş number
- Vietnamese: năm number
Usage examples
The property includes an Equestrian centre, all just five minutes drive from Horsham town centre (London approx 55 mins).
Country Life (2004)He also helped the University of Alabama to second place in the team event, five strokes behind the University of North Carolina.
Irish Times (2002)I can only imagine the medical consequences to be sustained tuning in for the three-hour haul five nights a week!
Glasgow Herald (2001)Suddenly a mediator appeared; within five days, he negotiated a settlement.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)