fifth in English: Coming after the fourth one in a line or an order; number five. (numeral)

Translation

Coming after the fourth one in a line or an order; number five.

Word origin

From Old English fifta, made from fif, the old word for five.

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"Fifth" counts up from the ground: first, second, third, fourth, fifth.

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Here fifth gives his place; four runners finished before him.

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"In a row" means one after another without a break.

five

The number 5, one more than four.

fourth

Coming after the third one in a line or an order; number four.

third

Coming after the second one in a line or an order; number three.

second

Coming after the first one; also a very short piece of time, sixty of which make one minute.

first

Coming before all others in time, order, or position; number 1 in a list.

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