Define:Five

Scots

Numeral

Five

1. (cardinal) A numerical vailyie equal tae 5; the nummer follaein fower an precedin sax. This mony dots: (•••••).

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Inglis

Etymology

From Middle Inglis five, vif, fif, frae Old English fīf (“five”), frae Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”) (compare Wast Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norse an Swadish fem, Icelandic fimm), frae Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (compare Welsh pump, Italian cinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjatʹ), Albanie pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persie پنج (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca)).

The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf wis lost throu a soond cheemge kent as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fīv
• (Received Pronunciation, General American) /faɪv/
• (Soothren US) /fäːv/
• (Australia, New Zealand) /fɑev/
• Audio (US) 
• (deprecatit uise o |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aɪv

Numeral

Five

1. (cardinal) five

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Walloon

Etymology

Frae Laitin febris (“fiver”).

Pronunciation

• /fiːf/

Noun

Five f (plural Fives)

1. fiver