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5th

UK/fɪfθ/

5th is the abbreviation of fifth.

Meaning of fifth

Adjective

fifth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number five.
    • On Friday, at a former Michelin factory in the north-east of the city, the finishing touches were being put in place for the fifth Dundee design festival, which opens on Monday.2024 September 21, Eve Livingston, “‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    5th, Vth, V., V

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Forms of 5th

alternative form5ᵗʰ

Phrases with 5th

Words that rhyme with 5th

Questions about 5th

What is 5th the abbreviation of?
5th is the abbreviation of fifth.
How do you pronounce 5th?
5th is pronounced /fɪfθ/ (UK).

Words near 5th in the dictionary

  1. 5Ks
  2. 5NF
  3. 5NFs
  4. 5O
  5. 5s
  6. 5th
  7. 5th Amendment
  8. 5th Cir.
  9. 5th column
  10. 5th columns
  11. 5th day fits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 5th (page history and authors); fifth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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