Meaning

6 senses
  1. The person or thing in the fifth position.

    Fünfte

  2. The person or thing in the fifth position.

    (ellipsis)The fifth gear of a transmission.

  3. One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.

    Fünftel

    пятая

    one part in five equal parts

  4. (US)A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

    a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

  5. The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)

    Quinte

    кви́нтаkvínta

    the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

  6. The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

Examples

215 sentences
  1. The toy department is on the fifth floor.

    Відділ іграшок на п’ятому поверсі.

    ruОтдел игрушек находится на пятом этаже.

    deDie Spielzeugabteilung ist im fünften Stock.

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  2. Two to the fifth power is thirty-two.

    Два у п'ятій степені — тридцять два.

    ruДва в пятой степени — тридцать два.

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  3. I live on the fifth floor.

    Я живу на п'ятому поверсі.

    ruЯ живу на пятом этаже.

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  4. He came in fifth in the race.

    ruОн пришел пятым в заезде.

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  5. My office is on the fifth floor.

    deMein Büro ist im fünften Stock.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
one of five equal parts of a whole:
musical interval:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person or thing in the fifth position:
one of five equal parts of a whole:
musical interval:

Forms

plural: fifths
Singularfifth
Pluralfifths

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
one of five equal parts:⅕
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the fifth floor
  • fifth floor
  • on the fifth

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fifth — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto