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five

  [fahyv]
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–noun
1. a cardinal number, four plus one.
2. a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with five pips.
5. Informal. a five-dollar bill: Can you give me two fives for a ten?
–adjective
6. amounting to five in number.
—Idiom
7. take five, Informal. to take a brief respite.
Origin:
bef. 1000; 1925–30 for def. 7; ME; OE fīf; c. D vijf, G fünf, ON fimm, Goth fimf, L quīnque, Gk pénte, Skt pancha
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five   (fīv)   
n.  
  1. The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.
  2. The fifth in a set or sequence.
  3. Something, such as a quintet or a basketball team, that has five parts, units, or members.
  4. A five-dollar bill.
  5. fives (used with a sing. verb) Sports One of several forms of handball originating in England and played mainly at British schools and universities, in which only the receiving side can score points.

[Middle English, from Old English fīf; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
five adj. & pron.
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Five

Five\, a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[=i]f, f[=i]fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f[=i]f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f["u]nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. c['o]ic, L. quinque, Gr. ?, [AE]ol. ?, Skr. pa?can. [root]303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.] Four and one added; one more than four.

Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.

Five

Five\ (f[imac]v), n. 1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. --Matt. xxv. 2.

2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
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Language Translation for : five
Spanish: cinco,
German: die Fünf,
Japanese: ５
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five 
O.E. fif, from P.Gmc. *fimfe (cf. O.S. fif, O.N. fimm, O.H.G. funf, Goth. fimf), from PIE *pengke (cf. Skt. panca, Gk. pente, L. quinque, O.C.S. peti, Lith. penke, O.Welsh pimp). Slang five-finger discount "theft" is from 1966.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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five

see take five.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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