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Webster 1913 Edition

Fifth

Adj.

[OE.

fifte

fifthe

, AS.

fīfta

. See

Five

Next in order after the fourth; – the ordinal of five.

Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.

Fifth monarchy men

(Hist.)

a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years.

–

Fifth wheel

a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.

Fifth

Noun.

The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.

(Mus.)

The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fifth

FIFTH

Adj.

[See Five.]

The ordinal of five; the next to the fourth.

Elliptically, a fifth part; or the word may be considered as a noun, as to give a fifth or two fifths.

FIFTH

Noun.

In music, an interval consisting of three tones and a semitone.

Definition 2024

Fifth

See also: fifth

English

Proper noun

Fifth

(chiefly US, informal, with the) The Fifth Amendment.
(chiefly US, informal, with the, by extension) The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
(chiefly US) Fifth Avenue.
- 2003, Cecily Von Ziegesar, Because I'm worth it:
  ... besides marrying Nate Archibald and living happily every after in the ivy-covered brick town house just off Fifth that she already had picked out
(chiefly US) Fifth Street.

Related terms

take the Fifth
plead the Fifth

Translations

Fifth Amendment — see Fifth Amendment

fifth

See also: Fifth

English

**English numbers**
	50
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : five Ordinal : fifth Multiplier : quintuple

Alternative forms

fift (obsolete)

Adjective

fifth ‎(not comparable)

The ordinal form of the number five.

Synonyms

5th; (in names of monarchs and popes) V

Translations

Ordinal form of the number 5

Afrikaans: vyfde
Albanian: pestë (sq)
Arabic: خَامِس m ‎(ḵāmis)
Armenian: հինգերորդ (hy) ‎(hingerord)
Asturian: quintu (ast)
Azeri: beşinci
Bashkir: бишенсе ‎(bišense)
Basque: bosgarren (eu)
Belarusian: пя́ты m ‎(pjáty)
Bengali: পঞ্চম ‎(pôncôm)
Breton: pempvet (br)
Bulgarian: пе́ти (bg) m ‎(péti)
Burmese: ပဉ္စမ (my) ‎(panyca.ma.)
Buryat: табадахи ‎(tabadaxi)
Catalan: cinquè (ca) m (abbreviation 5è), quint m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 第五 (zh) ‎(dìwǔ)
Classical Nahuatl: ic mācuīlli
Crimean Tatar: beşinci
Czech: pátý (cs) m (abbreviation 5.)
Dalmatian: cincto
Danish: femte (da) (abbreviation 5.)
Dutch: vijfde (nl) (abbreviations 5de, 5e)
Esperanto: kvina (eo)
Estonian: viies
Faliscan: cuicto ‎(cuicto)
Faroese: fimti
Finnish: viides (fi)
French: cinquième (fr) (before the noun) (abbreviation 5^ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) cinq (after the name) (abbreviation V)
Gagauz: beşinci
Galician: quinto (gl)
Georgian: მეხუთე ‎(mexute)
German: fünfte (de) (abbreviations 5., 5te)
Greek: πέμπτος (el) m ‎(pémptos) (abbreviation: 5^οςm, 5^ηf, 5^οn; Greek numeral system: Ε΄, ε΄)
Hawaiian: lima
Hebrew: חמישי m ‎(khamishí), חמישית (he) f ‎(khamishít)
Hindi: पांचवां ‎(pāñcvā̃)
Hungarian: ötödik (hu)
Icelandic: fimmti m, fimmta f, n
Ido: kinesma (io)
Inari Sami: viiđâd
Indonesian: kelima (abbreviation ke-5)
Interlingua: quinte (abbreviation 5^e)
Irish: cúigiú (abbreviation 5ú)
Italian: quinto m, quinta f (before the noun) (abbreviations 5º m, 5ª f); (in names of monarchs and popes) quinto m, quinta f (after the name) (abbreviation V)
Japanese: 五番目 ‎(ごばんめ, goban-me)
Kalmyk: тавдгч ‎(tavdgç)
Kazakh: бесінші ‎(besinşi)
Khakas: пизінӌі ‎(pizíncí)
Khmer: ទីប្រាំ ‎(tii pram)
Korean: 다섯째 (ko) ‎(daseosjjae)
Kyrgyz: бешинчи (ky) ‎(beşinçi)
Lao: ທີ່ຫ້າ ‎(thī hā)
Latin: quintus (la)

Latvian: piektais (lv) m, piektā f
Lithuanian: penktas (lt) m, penkta f
Macedonian: петти m ‎(petti)
Malay: kelima (ms)
Maltese: il-ħames
Manchu: (sunjaci)
Manx: queiggoo (abbreviation 5oo)
Maori: tuarima, te rima
Mongolian: тавдугаар ‎(tavdugaar), тавдахь ‎(tavdahʹ)
Navajo: ashdlaʼ góneʼ
North Frisian:

Föhr-Amrum: füft

Helgoland: füfs

Sylt: fifst
Norwegian: femte (no) (abbreviation 5.)
Old Church Slavonic: пѧтъ ‎(pętŭ)
Old Frisian: fīfta
Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰨 ‎(béšinč)
Ottoman Turkish: بشنجی ‎(beşinci)
Persian: پنجم (fa) ‎(panjom)
Polish: piąty (pl)
Portuguese: quinto (pt) m, quinta f (abbreviations 5ºm, 5ªf)
Romanian: cincilea (ro) m, cincea f
Russian: пя́тый (ru) m ‎(pjátyj), (abbreviation) 5-ый ‎(5-yj)
Rusyn: пя́тый ‎(pjátŷj)
Sanskrit: पञ्चमः (sa) ‎(pañcamaḥ)
Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: пети m

Roman: peti (sh) m
Shor: пежинчи
Sinhalese: පස්‍වෙනි ‎(pas‍veni)
Skolt Sami: viiđad
Slovak: piaty m
Slovene: pêti (sl)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: pjaty
Southern Altai: бежинчи ‎(bejinçi)
Spanish: quinto (es)
Swahili: ya tano
Swedish: femte (sv) (abbreviation 5:e (sv))
Tagalog: ikalima
Tajik: панҷум ‎(panjum)
Tatar: бишенче ‎(bişençe)
Thai: ที่ห้า ‎(têe hâa)
Turkish: beşinci (tr) (abbreviations 5'inci, 5.)
Turkmen: bäşinji
Ukrainian: п'я́тий (uk) m ‎(pʺjátyj)
Urdu: پانچواں ‎(pāñcvā̃)
Uyghur: بەشىنچى ‎(beshinchi)
Uzbek: beshinchi (uz)
Vietnamese: thứ năm (vi)
Volapük: lulid (vo)
Welsh: pumed (cy) (abbreviation 5ed)
West Frisian: fyfte (fy) (abbreviation 5e)
Yakut: бэһис ‎(behis)
Yiddish: פֿינפֿט ‎(finft)

Noun

fifth ‎(plural fifths)

The person or thing in the fifth position.
One of five equal parts of a whole.
The fifth gear of an engine.
A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.
The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

Synonyms

(one of five equal parts): ⅕

Translations

person or thing in the fifth position

Armenian: հինգերորդ (hy) ‎(hingerord)
Asturian: quintu (ast) m
Basque: bosgarren (eu)
Bulgarian: пети (bg) ‎(peti)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)}第五 (zh) ‎(dìwǔ)
Danish: den femte (da) c
Finnish: viides (fi)
French: cinquième (fr) m, f
German: Fünfte
Interlingua: quinto m, quinta f

Italian: quinto (it) m, quinta (it) f
Latgalian: pīkts m, pīkta f, pīktais m, pīktuo f
Latin: quintus (la)
Latvian: piektais (lv) m, piektā f
Lithuanian: penktas (lt) m, penkta f
Portuguese: quinto (pt) m, quinta (pt) f
Romanian: cel al cincilea m, cea a cincea f
Swedish: (den) femte (sv) c
Turkish: beşinci (tr)
Walloon: cénkinme (wa) m, f

one of five equal parts of a whole

Arabic: خُمْس m ‎(ḵums)
Armenian: հինգերորդ (hy) ‎(hingerord)
Asturian: quintu (ast) m
Bulgarian: една пета f ‎(edna peta)
Catalan: cinquè (ca) m, quint m
Czech: pětina (cs) f
Dutch: vijfde (nl) n
Esperanto: kvinono
Finnish: viidennes (fi), viidesosa
French: cinquième (fr) m
Galician: quinto (gl) m
German: Fünftel (de) n
Greek: πέμπτο (el) n ‎(pémpto)
Hawaiian: hapalima

Interlingua: quinto
Italian: quinto (it) m
Latvian: piektdaļa f, piektā daļa f
Lithuanian: penktadalis m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: femdel m, femtedel m

Nynorsk: femdel m, femtedel m
Portuguese: quinto (pt) m
Spanish: quinto (es) m
Swedish: femtedel (sv) c
Tagalog: kalima, sangkalima
Walloon: cénkinme (wa) m
Yiddish: פֿינפֿטל n ‎(finftl)

fifth gear — see fifth gear

quantity of liquor

musical interval

Bulgarian: квинта f ‎(kvinta)
Catalan: quinta (ca) f
Dutch: kwint (nl) m, f
Finnish: kvintti (fi)

French: quinte (fr) f
German: Quinte (de) f
Swedish: kvint (sv) c

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