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You can make 7 words from five according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of five

five ifve fvie vfie ivfe vife fiev ifev feiv efiv iefv eifv fvei vfei fevi efvi vefi evfi ivef vief ievf eivf veif evif

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word five. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in five.

Definitions and meaning of five

five

Translingual

Etymology

From English five.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfai̯f], like fife

Noun

five

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 5.

   Synonym: pantafive (ITU/IMO)

References

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 5 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
• Roman numerals: V

Etymology

From Middle English five, vif, fif, from Old English fīf (“five”), from Proto-West Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

See also West Frisian fiif, Dutch vijf, German fünf, Norwegian and Swedish fem, Icelandic fimm; also Welsh pump, Latin quinque, Tocharian A päñ, Tocharian B piś, Lithuanian penki, Russian пять (pjatʹ), Albanian pesë, pêsë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Armenian հինգ (hing), Persian پنج (panj), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of cinque, punch, pimp, and Pompeii.

The nasal *m in Proto-Germanic *fimf was lost through a sound change known as the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fīv IPA^(key): /faɪv/
• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /fäːv/
• Rhymes: -aɪv

Numeral

five

1. A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
2. Describing a group or set with five elements.

Related terms

• fifth

Translations

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

five (plural fives)

1. The digit/figure 5.

   He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.

2. A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.

   Can anyone here change a five?

3. Anything measuring five units, as length.

   All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.

4. A person who is five years old.

   The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.

5. Five o'clock.

   See you at five.

6. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.

   Take five, soldier.

7. (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.

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Anagrams

• vife

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fife, fif, fyve, vif, vive

Etymology

From Old English fīf, from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Though Old English fīf was usually indeclinable, inflected forms of it are far from unknown. Forms with final -v- originate from intervocalic voicing in these inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːf/, /fiːv/

Numeral

five

1. five

Related terms

• fifte
• fiftene
• fifty

Descendants

• English: five
• Scots: five, fif, fife, fyve
• Yola: veeve

References

• “fīve, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English five, from Old English fīf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɪv/, /fəiv/
• (Dundee) IPA^(key): /fɛːv/ (sometimes spelled fehv)

Numeral

five

1. five

Related terms

• fift (“fifth”)
• fifty (“fifty”)

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French fievre, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris. Cognates include French fièvre and Norman fièvre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːf/

Noun

five f (plural fives)

1. fever
2. delirium

References

• Simon Stasse (2004) Dictionaire Populaire de Wallon Liegeois‎^[3], Société Royale Littéraire "La Wallonne"