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. — brambury

    ruОтдел игрушек находится на пятом этаже. — marafon

    deDie Spielzeugabteilung ist im fünften Stock. — kaz71

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

    Два у п'ятій степені — тридцять два. — deniko

    ruДва в пятой степени — тридцать два. — ZegPhig

  3. I live on the fifth floor.

    Я живу на п'ятому поверсі. — older

    ruЯ живу на пятом этаже. — heccele

  4. He came in fifth in the race.

    ruОн пришел пятым в заезде. — sharptoothed

  5. My office is on the fifth floor.

    deMein Büro ist im fünften Stock. — MUIRIEL

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