Five Definition
fīv
noun
The cardinal number between four and six; 5; V.
Webster's New World
The fifth in a set or sequence.
American Heritage
Any group of five people or things.
Webster's New World
A basketball team.
Webster's New World
Something numbered five or having five units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.
Webster's New World
adjective
Totaling one more than four.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Five
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From Middle English five, vif, fif, from Old English fīf (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”) (compare West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (compare Welsh pump, Italian cinque, Tocharian A/B päñ/piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjat’), Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persian پنج (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English fīf penkwe in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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