fifth
The ordinal form of the number five.
Adjective 1 meaning
The ordinal form of the number five.
Noun 4 meanings
The person or thing in the fifth position.
One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.
A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)
Verb 2 meanings
To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.
Etymology
PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th (ordinal suffix).
FIFTH at a glance
FIFTH has 5 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + F 4 + T 1 + H 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,673 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fifth
All rhymes- TWELFTH16
One letter away
- FIFTY14
- FILTH11
- FIRTH11
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