five
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
five/fʌɪv/
▶cardinal number equivalent to the sum of two and three; one more than four, or half of ten; 5. (Roman numeral: v or V)
– derivatives
fivefold adjective & adverb.
fivefold adjective & adverb.
– origin OE fīf, of Gmc origin.
'five' also found in these Oxford entries:
acer
- arrestable offence
- basketball
- bell
- best
- borough
- bring
- cassowary
- cinquain
- cinque
- cinquefoil
- classic race
- columbine
- committee stage
- continuous
- crab
- cranesbill
- crown
- cuatro
- dactylic hexameter
- decade
- decapod
- double
- eicosapentaenoic acid
- eleven
- ephor
- euchre
- fifteen
- fifth
- Fifth-monarchy-man
- fifty
- finger
- first school
- five-alarm
- five-and-dime
- five-a-side
- five-eighth
- five o'clock shadow
- five pillars of Islam
- fiver
- fives
- five-spice
- fivestones
- flying phalanger
- Fortune 500
- forty-five
- frigate bird
- furan
- haiku
