five

See also: Five

Translingual

Signal flag for the digit 5

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Germanic *fimf
Proto-West Germanic *fimf
Old English fīf
Middle English fyf
English fivebor.
Translingual five

    Borrowed from English five. Doublet of fuenf.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    five

    1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 5.
      Synonym: pantafive (ITU/IMO)
    ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codesedit
    ITU/IMO radiotelephonic clear codesedit

    References

    1. ^ Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, archived from the original on 31 March 2019, page §5.2.1.4.3.1

    English

    English numbers (edit)
    50
     ←  4 5 6  → 
        Cardinal: five
        Ordinal: fifth
        Abbreviated ordinal: 5th
        Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary
        Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate
        Adverbial: five times
        Multiplier: fivefold
        Latinate multiplier: quintuple
        Distributive: quintuply
        Germanic collective: fivesome
        Collective of n parts: quintuplet, pentuplet
        Greek or Latinate collective: pentad
        Greek collective prefix: penta-
        Latinate collective prefix: quinque-
        Fractional: fifth
        Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet
        Number of musicians: quintet
        Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum
        Quantile: quintile, pentile

    Alternative forms

    • Arabic numerals: 5 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
    • Roman numerals: V

    Etymology

    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.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ̯v/
        • Audio (US):(file)
      • (/aɪ̯/-ungliding)
      • (South Asia)
        • IPA(key): /ˈfaj(ʋ)/
        • Homophones: fi, phi (dialectal)
      • Rhymes: -aɪv
      • Hyphenation: five

      Numeral

      Five dots

      five

      1. A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
        • 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 197:
          The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.
        • 2025 March 31, Adrian Ashford, “Gov. Abbott directs Texas Rangers to investigate EPIC for ‘potential criminal activities’”, in The Dallas Morning News‎[3], archived from the original on 22 August 2026:
          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.
      2. Describing a group or set with five elements.

      Descendants

      • Tok Pisin: faiv

      Translations

      See five/translations § Numeral.

      See also

      • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

      Noun

      five (plural fives)

      2. The digit/figure 5.
        He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.
      4. A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.
        Synonym: fiver
        Can anyone here change a five?
      6. Anything measuring five units, as length.
        All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
      8. A person who is five years old.
        The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
      10. Five o'clock.
        See you at five.
      12. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
        Take five, soldier.
      14. (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.

      Derived terms

      Translations

      The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
      Translations to be checked

      See also

      Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
      ace deuce, two three, trey four, cater five, cinque six seven
      eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker

      Anagrams

      Middle English

      Numeral

      five

      1. alternative form of fyve

      Scots

      Scots numbers (edit)
       ←  4 5 6  → 
          Cardinal: five
          Ordinal: fift

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Middle English fyf, from Old English fīf.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /faɪv/, /fəiv/
      • (Dundee) IPA(key): /fɛːv/ (sometimes spelled fehv)

      Numeral

      five

      1. five

      References

      Walloon

      Etymology

      From Old French fievre, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris. Cognates include French fièvre and Norman fièvre.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /fiːf/

      Noun

      five f (plural fives)

      1. fever
      2. delirium

      References

      • Simon Stasse (2004), Dictionaire Populaire de Wallon Liegeois‎[4], Société Royale Littéraire "La Wallonne"
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