Meanings
five1
- A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.
2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1971 more example
The Texas Rangers investigation is one of at least five announced investigations targeting EPIC or EPIC City. Those include investigations led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas State Board of Securities and the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
2025 March 31, Adrian Ashford, “Gov. Abbott directs Texas Rangers to investigate EPIC for ‘potential criminal activities’”, in The Dallas Morning News
plural fives · alternative 5 · alternative V
- A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.
Can anyone here change a five?
Synonyms: fiver
- 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 a snack first, then the older kids.
- Five o'clock.
See you at five.
- A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
Take five, soldier.
- ball gamesA basketball team, club or lineup.
Five2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
nouna playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
- Proto-Germanic*fimf“five”
- Proto-West Germanic*fimf“five”
- Old Englishfīf“five”
- Middle Englishfyf
- Englishfive
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, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”); related to Pompeii. The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf was lost through a sound change known as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vyf
- vyfcardinal number
Ancient Greek πέντε, ε΄
- πέντε (pénte)cardinal number
- ε΄cardinal number
Arabic خَمْسَة, خمسة
- خَمْسَة (ḵamsa)cardinal number
- خمسة (ḵamsa)cardinal number
Basque bost
- bostcardinal number
Bengali পাঁচ
- পাঁচ (pãc)cardinal number
Bulgarian пет, пети́ца
- пет (pet)cardinal number
- пети́ца (petíca)digit
Catalan cinc, cinc
- cinccardinal number
- cincdigit
- cincfive o'clock
Chinese ву, 五
- ву (vu)cardinal number
- 五 (go, ngò)cardinal number
Chinese Cantonese 五, 五
- 五 (ng⁵)cardinal number
- 五 (ng⁵)digit
Chinese Mandarin 五, 五
- 五 (wǔ)cardinal number
- 五 (wǔ)digit
Czech pět, patery
- pětcardinal number
- paterycardinal number
Danish fem, femtal
- femcardinal number
- femtaldigit
- femmerbanknote
Dutch vijf
- vijfcardinal number
Esperanto kvin, kvino
- kvincardinal number
- kvinodigit
Estonian viis
- viiscardinal number
Finnish viisi, viitonen
- viisicardinal number
- viitonendigit
- viitonenbanknote
- femmabanknote
- viitonenanything measuring five units
- viisivuotiasfive years old
- viideltäfive o'clock
- kello viisifive o'clock
- viisiminuuttinenfive-minute rest
- viisikkobasketball: team, club or lineup
French cinq, cinq
- cinqcardinal number
- cinqdigit
German fünf, fünf
- fünfcardinal number
- fünfdigit
- Fünferbanknote
Greek πέντε, ε΄
- πέντε (pénte)cardinal number
- ε΄cardinal number
- πέντε (pénte)digit
Hawaiian lima, ʻelima
- limacardinal number
- ʻelimacardinal number
Hebrew חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה
- חָמֵשׁ (khamésh)cardinal number
- חֲמִשָּׁה (khamisha)cardinal number
Hindi पाँच, पंच
- पाँच (pā̃c)cardinal number
- पंच (pañc)cardinal number
- पंज (pañj)cardinal number
- पंजा (pañjā)cardinal number
- पंजा (pañjā)describing set or group with five components
- पंज (pañj)digit
- पंच (pañc)digit
- पंजा (pañjā)digit
- पंजा (pañjā)anything measuring five units
Hungarian öt, ötös
- ötcardinal number
- ötösdigit
Icelandic fimm
- fimmcardinal number
Indonesian lima
- limacardinal number
Irish cúig
- cúigcardinal number
Italian cinque
- cinquecardinal number
Japanese 五, 五つ
- 五 (go)cardinal number
- 五つ (itsutsu)cardinal number
- ファイブ (faibu)cardinal number
- 五 (go)digit
- ファイブ (faibu)digit
Korean 다섯, 오
- 다섯 (daseot)cardinal number
- 오 (o)cardinal number
- 파이브 (paibeu)cardinal number
Latin quīnque
- quīnquecardinal number
Latvian pieci, piecas
- piecicardinal number
- piecascardinal number
Lithuanian penki, penkios
- penkicardinal number
- penkioscardinal number
- penketasdigit
Malay ليم, ڤنچا
- ليمcardinal number
- ڤنچاcardinal number
- limacardinal number
- pancacardinal number
Norwegian fem
- femcardinal number
Norwegian Bokmål femtall, femmer
- femtalldigit
- femmerbanknote
- femminutterfive-minute rest
Persian پنج, پنج
- پنج (panj)cardinal number
- پنج (panj)digit
Polish pięć, pięcioro
- pięćcardinal number
- pięciorocardinal number
- piątkadescribing set or group with five components
- piątkadigit
- piątkabanknote
- piątakbanknote
- piątkaanything measuring five units
- pięciolatekfive years old
- pięciolatkafive years old
- piątafive o'clock
- pięciominutówkafive-minute rest
Portuguese cinco, cinco
- cincocardinal number
- cincodigit
- cincãobanknote
- cincofive o'clock
Punjabi ਪੰਜ
- ਪੰਜ (pañj)cardinal number
Romanian cinci, cinci
- cincicardinal number
- cincidigit
- bancnotă de cincibanknote
Russian пять, пя́теро
- пять (pjatʹ)cardinal number
- пя́теро (pjátero)cardinal number
- пято́к (pjatók)describing set or group with five components
- пятёрка (pjatjórka)digit
- пятёрка (pjatjórka)banknote
- пять (pjatʹ)five o'clock
Scottish Gaelic còig, còignear
- còigcardinal number
- còignearcardinal number
Slovak päť
- päťcardinal number
Spanish cinco
- cincocardinal number
Swahili tano
- tanocardinal number
Swedish fem, femma
- femcardinal number
- femmadigit
- femmabanknote
Tagalog lima
- limacardinal number
Tamil ஐந்து, அஞ்சு
- ஐந்து (aintu)cardinal number
- அஞ்சு (añcu)cardinal number
Thai ห้า
- ห้า (hâa)cardinal number
Turkish beş
- beşcardinal number
Ukrainian п'ять
- п'ять (pʺjatʹ)cardinal number
Urdu پانچ
- پانچ (pāñc)cardinal number
Vietnamese năm
- nămcardinal number
Welsh pump
- pumpcardinal number
Yiddish פֿינף
- פֿינף (finf)cardinal number
Zulu hlanu
- hlanucardinal number
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Cite this entry
five. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five
“five.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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