five

CEFRA1

/ˈfaɪ̯v/

number · numeral · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number 5.

  2. 02

    number

    Extra detail

    Describing a group or set with five elements.

Examples

  • It will take five to ten years for the technology to be ready.

  • It's just five in the morning, but nevertheless it is light out.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfaj(ʋ)/

Deep Dive

number

Extra meaning

  1. The digit/figure 5.

numeral

Extra meaning

  1. A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.

More examples

In context

  • There are only five cookies left.

  • All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.

  • He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.

Synonyms

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Origin

number

PIE word *pénkʷe Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-West Germanic *fimf Old English fīf Middle English fyf English five From Middle English fyf, fyve, 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, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf...