Definitions for fivefaɪv
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five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe(noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
basketball team, five(noun)
a team that plays basketball
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
five, 5, v(adj)
being one more than four
The digit/figure 5.
He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
A five-dollar bill.
Can anyone here change a five?
Anything measuring five units, as length.
All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
A person who is five years old.
The fives and sixes will have snack first, then the older kids.
See you at five.
A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
Take five, soldier.
Origin: from fif, from fimf (compare West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf), from pénkʷe (compare Welsh pump, Italian cinque, Tocharian A/B päñ/piś, Lithuanian penkì, Russian , Albanian pesë, Ancient Greek , Armenian հինգ, Persian , Sanskrit páñca).
four and one added; one more than four
the number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects
a symbol representing this number, as 5, or V
Origin: [OE. fif, five, AS. ff, ffe; akin to D. vijf, OS. ff, OHG. finf, funf, G. fnf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. cic, L. quinque, Gr. pe`nte, ol. pe`mpe, Skr. pacan. 303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.]
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