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fifth

UK/fɪfθ/ US/fɪθ/ common informal us
adjective (1) noun (4)

adjective

1.

coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

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noun

1.

a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

2.

position five in a countable series of things

  • “he was fifth out of several hundred runners”
3.
4.

the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

Origin

PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots fift, fyft (“fifth”), North Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), West Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), Dutch vijfde (“fifth”), Low German fifte, föfte, füfte (“fifth”), German fünfte (“fifth”), Danish femte (“fifth”), Swedish femte (“fifth”), Icelandic fimmta (“fifth”).

Phrases

  • augmented fifth
  • diminished fifth
  • flatted fifth
  • perfect fifth
  • plead the Fifth
  • take the fifth
  • typhoon fifth

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