fifths
UK/fɪfθs/
fifths is the plural of fifth.
Meaning of fifth
Noun
fifth (plural fifths)
- The person or thing in the fifth position.
- The fifth gear of a transmission.
- One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.
- Synonyms:
- ⅕
- A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
- The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)
- Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth1984, Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah”, in Various Positions
- The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
Phrases with fifths
- two fifths
- four fifths
- three fifths
- flatted fifths
- perfect fifths
- typhoon fifths
- cycle of fifths
- parallel fifths
- augmented fifths
- circle of fifths
- cycles of fifths
- circles of fifths
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about fifths
- What is fifths the plural of?
- Fifths is the plural of fifth.
- How do you pronounce fifths?
- Fifths is pronounced /fɪfθs/ (UK).
Words near fifths in the dictionary
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