What does fifth mean?
Definitions for fifth
fɪfθ or, often, fɪθfifth
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word fifth.
Princeton's WordNet
fifth(noun)
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
fifth(noun)
position five in a countable series of things
"he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
one-fifth, fifth, fifth part, twenty percent(noun)
one part in five equal parts
fifth(adj)
the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
fifth, 5th(adj)
coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
Wiktionary
fifth(Noun)
The person or thing in the fifth position.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
fifth(Noun)
One of five equal parts of a whole.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
fifth(Noun)
The fifth gear of an engine.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
fifth(Noun)
A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
fifth(Noun)
The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
fifth(Noun)
The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
fifth(Adjective)
The ordinal form of the number five.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
Fifth(ProperNoun)
The Fifth Amendment.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
Fifth(ProperNoun)
The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
Fifth(ProperNoun)
Fifth Avenue.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
Fifth(ProperNoun)
Fifth Street.
Etymology: From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.
Webster Dictionary
Fifth(adj)
next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five
Etymology: [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. ffta. See Five.]
Fifth(adj)
consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing
Etymology: [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. ffta. See Five.]
Fifth(noun)
the quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part
Etymology: [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. ffta. See Five.]
Fifth(noun)
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
fifth(noun)
See 1/5. I could Drink a whole Hennesy fifth - Xzibit (Restless)
fifth(noun)
Fifth street. On the corner, fifth and eighth is where he caught the mad papes -- Buddha Monk featuring Drunken Dragon (Sometime Faces)
fifth(noun)
.45 cal. handgun.
fifth(noun)
5th avenue manhattan
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
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
As labor costs in Mexico are just one fifth of that in Korea, Hyundai will be able to save a lot in small car production and better compete with rivals which have manufacturing presence in Mexico.
For the first seconds, it was complete silence. By the fifth second, everybody started to scream, it was really, really intense. Even when the shaking stopped, people were still screaming. They were completely panicked, because they knew exactly what it was.
Just months after my return home, I, a 32-year-old once-virile male, was experiencing libido issues, we already had four children, waiting on our fifth, and my wife was thinking, ‘We have an enormous problem here. He doesn’t love me anymore.’ I didn’t know what was happening to me. I thought I just needed time.
The first one is traveling and the second one is traveling and the third, fourth and fifth one are traveling, im only joking to show that there are POEs and then there are POEs. We really want to get better at our fundamentals of the game and traveling is a big part of that.
We've been working with them. We've conducted 26 airstrikes since the fifth of May.
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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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