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five

(fīv)

1. The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.

2. The fifth in a set or sequence.

3. Something, such as a quintet or a basketball team, that has five parts, units, or members.

4. A five-dollar bill.

5. fives(used with a sing. verb) Sports One of several forms of handball originating in England and played mainly at British schools and universities, in which only the receiving side can score points.

Idiom:

give me/gimme five

Used when offering a high-five, as in congratulation.

[Middle English, from Old English fīf; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

five adj. & pron.

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five

(faɪv)

1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 5, V, etc, representing this number

3. (Mathematics) the amount or quantity that is one greater than four

4. (Games, other than specified) something representing, represented by, or consisting of five units, such as a playing card with five symbols on it

determiner

a. amounting to five: five minutes; five nights.

b. (as pronoun): choose any five you like. penta-quinque-

[Old English fīf; related to Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Old High German finf, Latin quinque, Greek pente, Sanskrit pañca]

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five

(faɪv)

n.

1. a cardinal number, four plus one.

2. a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. a five-dollar bill.

adj.

5. amounting to five in number.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English fīf; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon fīf, Old High German fimf, finf, Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Latin quīnque, Greek pénte, Skt pancha]

Five

a basketball team.

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Noun	1.	five - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one 5, cinque, fin, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintuplet, quintet, V digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	2.	five - a team that plays basketball basketball team forward - a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team center - a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game guard - a position on a basketball team team, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports) basketball league - a league of basketball teams
	3.	five - a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips five-spot dice, die - a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers domino - a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots spot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot"
Adj.	1.	five - being one more than four 5, v cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

five

determiner

Related words
combining forms penta-, quinque-

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Translations

الخامِسَه من العُمرالرَّقِم 5خامِسخمسةخَمْسَة

пет

cinccinquena

pětpětiletý

femfem årfem år gammel

Fünf

πέντε πεντάκις

kvin

cinco

viis

femmaviisiviitonen

cinq

pet

öt

lima

fimmfimm ára

cinque

五

penkipenkiametispenkinėpenkiospenkių

piecgadīgspiecipiecniekspiecu gadu vecums

cinci

päťpäť rokov

pet

femfemma

ห้า

beşbeş yaşbeş yaşında

п'ять

nămngũ

五五个的五岁五岁的

five

[faɪv]

A. ADJ → cinco
she is five (years old) → tiene cinco años (de edad)
they live at number five → viven en el número cinco
there are five of us → somos cinco
all five of them came → vinieron los cinco
it costs five pounds → cuesta or vale cinco libras
five and a quarter/half → cinco y cuarto/medio
five-day week → semana f inglesa
it's five (o'clock) → son las cinco

B. N → cinco m
to divide sth into five → dividir algo en cinco
they are sold in fives → se venden de cinco en cinco

C. CPD five spot N (US) → billete m de cinco dólares

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

five

[ˈfaɪv] num → cinq
He's five → Il a cinq ans.five-a-side football n (British) → football m à cinqfive-day week n → semaine f de cinq joursfive-door [ˌfaɪvˈdɔː^r] n (= car) → cinq portes f invfive-o'clock shadow n → barbe f d'un jour

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

five

adj → fünf

n → Fünf f ? also six

five

five-and-dime, five-and-ten

n (US) → billiges Kaufhaus

five-a-side

adj football → mit fünf Spielern pro Mannschaft; five team → Fünfermannschaft f, → Fünf f

fivefold

adj increase, rise → fünffach

adv increase, rise → um das Fünffache

five-o’clock shadow

n nachmittäglicher Anflug von Bartstoppeln

five

five-spot

n (US inf) → Fünfdollarschein m

five-star hotel

n → Fünf-Sterne-Hotel nt

five-year plan

n → Fünfjahresplan m

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five

[faɪv]

1. adj → cinque inv
she is five (years old) → ha cinque anni
they live at number five/at five Green Street → vivono al numero cinque/al numero cinque di Green Street
there are five of us → siamo in cinque
all five of them came → sono venuti tutti e cinque
it costs five pounds → costa cinque sterline
five and a quarter/half → cinque e un quarto/e mezzo
it's five (o'clock) → sono le cinque

2. n → cinque m inv
to divide sth into five → dividere qc in cinque parti
they are sold in fives → sono venduti in gruppi di cinque

five

(faiv) noun

1. the number or figure 5.

2. the age of 5.

adjective

1. 5 in number.

2. aged 5.

five-

having five (of something). a five-apartment house.

ˈfiver noun

(a banknote worth) #5 or $5. It cost me a fiver.

ˈfive-year-old noun

a person or animal that is five years old.

adjective

(of a person, animal or thing) that is five years old.

five

→ خَمْسَة pět fem fünf πέντε cinco viisi cinq pet cinque 五 5 vijf fem pięć cinco пять fem ห้า beş năm 五

Where is cabin number five? → Kde je kabina číslo pět? → Hvor er kahyt nummer fem? → Wo ist Kabine Nummer fünf? → Missä on hytti numero viisi? → Gdje je kabina broj pet? → 오호실은 어디에 있나요? → Waar is hut nummer vijf? → Hvor er lugar nummer fem? → Gdzie jest kabina numer pięć? → Onde é a cabine número cinco? → Где пятая каюта? → Var är hytt nummer fem? → Beş numaralı kabin nerede? → Khoang số năm ở đâu? → 五号船舱在哪儿？

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