What does fifth mean?
Definitions for fifth
fɪfθ or, often, fɪθfifth
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word fifth.
Princeton's WordNet
fifthnoun
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
fifthnoun
position five in a countable series of things
"he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
one-fifth, fifth, fifth part, twenty percentnoun
one part in five equal parts
fifthadjective
the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
fifth, 5thadjective
coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
Wiktionary
fifthnoun
The person or thing in the fifth position.
fifthnoun
One of five equal parts of a whole.
fifthnoun
The fifth gear of an engine.
fifthnoun
A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.
fifthnoun
The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
fifthnoun
The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
fifthadjective
The ordinal form of the number five.
Fifthnoun
The Fifth Amendment.
Fifthnoun
The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
Fifthnoun
Fifth Avenue.
Fifthnoun
Fifth Street.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FIFTHadjective
Etymology: fifta, Saxon.
With smiling aspect you serenely move,
In your fifth orb, and rule the realm of love. Dryden.Just as I wish’d, the lots were cast on four,
Myself the fifth. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. ix.The publick shall have lost four fifths of its annual income for ever. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
Fifth
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
ChatGPT
fifth
A "fifth" generally refers to one out of five equal parts of a whole. It constitutes 20% of the total. In other terms, it may also refer to the position that comes after the fourth and before the sixth in a series or count. Also, in music, it refers to an interval spanning five consecutive notes.
Webster Dictionary
Fifthadjective
next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five
Fifthadjective
consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing
Fifthnoun
the quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part
Fifthnoun
the interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key
Etymology: [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. ffta. See Five.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fifth
fifth, adj. next after the fourth.—n. one of five equal parts: (mus.) a tone five diatonic degrees above or below any given tone.—adv. Fifth′ly, in the fifth place.—ns. Fifth′-mon′archism; Fifth′-mon′archist.—Fifth-monarchy men, an extreme sect of the time of the Puritan revolution, who looked for the establishment of a new reign of Christ on earth, in succession to Daniel's four great monarchies of Antichrist. [A.S. fífta.]
Rap Dictionary
fifthnoun
See 1/5. I could Drink a whole Hennesy fifth - Xzibit (Restless)
fifthnoun
Fifth street. On the corner, fifth and eighth is where he caught the mad papes -- Buddha Monk featuring Drunken Dragon (Sometime Faces)
fifthnoun
.45 cal. handgun.
fifthnoun
5th avenue manhattan
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fifth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3061
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fifth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1790
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fifth in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fifth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of fifth in a Sentence
We could have had one-fifth the deaths we've have had, and part of this is a failure to communicate, we will pass 200,000 deaths in the beginning of October, by all estimates, and this is a number that is just almost inconceivable.
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Very special to win my 15th major and get my fifth jacket, those are special moments to be able to have an opportunity like that. And the rest of the tournaments I didnt really play as well as I wanted. But at the end of the day, Im the one with the green jacket.
It’s not in our curriculum, because that would be inappropriate. It is a graduate level theory, and it would be inappropriate if a fifth grader was doing that and learning that in school, and it’s been manipulated to replace what is really equity initiatives and teaching students about their biases and teachers about their biases. And that’s what leads to discipline disproportionality and students being treated differently just based on their skin color or perhaps poverty.
State law says that if the margin is no more than one-fifth of 1 percent of the total votes cast in that election...then there shall be an automatic hand recount.
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Translations for fifth
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- vyfdeAfrikaans
- خامسArabic
- beşinciAzerbaijani
- пятыBelarusian
- пети, квинта, една петаBulgarian
- পঞ্চমBengali
- pempvetBreton
- quint, quinta, cinquèCatalan, Valencian
- pětina, pátýCzech
- femteDanish
- Fünfte, Fünftel, QuinteGerman
- πέμπτος, πέμπτοGreek
- kvinono, kvinaEsperanto
- quintoSpanish
- viiesEstonian
- bosgarrenBasque
- پنجمPersian
- viidennes, viides, viidesosa, kvinttiFinnish
- fimtiFaroese
- cinquième, quinteFrench
- còigeamhScottish Gaelic
- quintoGalician
- חמישי, חמישיתHebrew
- पांचवांHindi
- ötödikHungarian
- հինգերորդArmenian
- quinta, quintoInterlingua
- kelimaIndonesian
- kinesmaIdo
- fimmta, fimmtiIcelandic
- quinto, quintaItalian
- 五番目Japanese
- მეხუთეGeorgian
- бесіншіKazakh
- ទីប្រាំKhmer
- 다섯째Korean
- бешинчиKyrgyz
- quintusLatin
- ທີ່ຫ້າLao
- penkta, penktas, penktadalisLithuanian
- piektais, piektā, piektā daļa, piektdaļaLatvian
- петтиMacedonian
- тавдугаарMongolian
- kelimaMalay
- il-ħamesMaltese
- ပဉ္စမBurmese
- femtedel, femdelNorwegian
- kwintDutch
- femdel, femtedelNorwegian Nynorsk
- femteNorwegian
- ashdlaʼ góneʼNavajo, Navaho
- piątyPolish
- quinto, quintaPortuguese
- cea a cincea, cincea, cel al cincilea, cincileaRomanian
- пятый, 5-ыйRussian
- पञ्चमःSanskrit
- пети, petiSerbo-Croatian
- පස්වෙනිSinhala, Sinhalese
- piatySlovak
- pêtiSlovene
- pestëAlbanian
- kvint, femte, femtedelSwedish
- ya tanoSwahili
- панҷумTajik
- ที่ห้าThai
- bäşinjiTurkmen
- ikalimaTagalog
- beşinciTurkish
- бишенчеTatar
- بەشىنچىUyghur, Uighur
- п'ятийUkrainian
- پانچواںUrdu
- beshinchiUzbek
- thứ nămVietnamese
- lulidVolapük
- cénkinmeWalloon
- פֿינפֿטYiddish
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