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1. (adj.) fifth
next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five.
2. fifth
being one of five equal parts.
3. (n.) fifth
a fifth part, esp. of one (?).
4. fifth
the fifth member of a series.
5. fifth
a fifth part of a gallon of liquor; ? of a quart (about 750 milliliters).
6. fifth
a musical interval encompassing five diatonic degrees.
7. fifth
a tone at this interval.
8. fifth
the harmonic combination of two tones a fifth apart.
9. (adv.) fifth
in the fifth place; fifthly.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; earlier fift, ME fifte, OE fīfta)
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| Definition of 'fifth' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fifth
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
2. (noun) fifth
position five in a countable series of things
"he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
3. (noun) one-fifth, fifth, fifth part, twenty percent
one part in five equal parts
4. (adj) fifth
the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
5. (adj) fifth, 5th
coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
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1. fifth
in the number 5 position
We were fifth in line.
2. fifth
one of 5 equal parts
a/one fifth of the pizza
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| Definition of 'fifth' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) fifth
next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five
2. (adj) fifth
consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing
3. (noun) fifth
the quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part
4. (noun) fifth
the interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key
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Sense: one of five equal parts.
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 Afrikaans: vyfde |
 Arabic: خُمْس |
 Bulgarian: една пета |
 Brazilian: quinto |
 Czech: pětina |
 German: das Fünftel |
 Danish: femtedel |
 Greek: ένα πέμπτο |
 Spanish: quinto |
 Estonian: viiendik |
 Farsi: یک پنجم |
 Finnish: viidesosa |
 French: cinquième |
 Hebrew: חֲמִישִית |
 Hindi: पांचवां |
 Croatian: petina |
 Hungarian: ötöd |
 Indonesian: seperlima |
 Icelandic: fimmti (hluti) |
 Italian: quinto |
 Japanese: ５分の１ |
 Korean: 5분의 1 |
 Lithuanian: penktoji (dalis) |
 Latvian: piektā [] |
 Malay: satu per lima |
 Dutch: vijfde |
 Norwegian: fem(te)del |
 Polish: piąta (część) |
 Persian: یک پنجم |
 Pashto: پنځم |
 Portuguese: quinto |
 Romanian: o cincime |
 Russian: пятая часть |
 Slovak: pätina |
 Slovenian: petina |
 Serbian: petina |
 Swedish: femtedel |
 Thai: 1ใน 5 ส่วน |
 Turkish: beşte biri; 1/5 |
 Taiwanese: 五分之一 |
 Ukrainian: п'ята частина |
 Urdu: پانچ برابر حصوں میں سے ای |
 Vietnamese: một phần năm |
 Chinese: 五分之一 |
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