Five
Five (fīv) , adjective
[Old English fif, five, Anglo-Saxon fīf, fīfe; akin to Dutch vijf, Old Saxon fīf, Old High German finf, funf, German funf, Icelandic fimm, Swedish & Swedish Danish fem, Gothic fimf, Lithuanian penki, Welsh pump, OIr. cóic, Latin quinque, Greek pe`nte, Aol. pe`mpe, Sanskrit pañcan. r303. Compare Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.]
Four and one added; one more than four.
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Five nations (Ethnology) , a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
Five (fīv) , noun
1.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
2.
A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.