Plural of fifth
regular plural
The plural of fifth is fifths.
Forms of fifth
| Singular | fifth /fɪfθ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | fifths /fɪfθs/ |
| Countable | countable |
Fifths in a sentence
- Fifthing is a note-against- note method of creating a two-part texture by improvising a second voice over the given tune, starting and ending each musical phrase at the octave and proceeding mainly in fifths above the tune at others times.1996, Music in Early English Religious Drama: Minstrels playing, page 510
- The composition modulates upwards through the cycle of fifths, eventually returning to the original key.From the entry cycle of fifths
- They are not, however, extendable to quintiles (fifths) or percentiles (hundredths), etc.2002 July 20, “Defining Quartiles”, in Ask Dr. Math, The Math Forum, Goodwin College of Professional Studies, Drexel University, archived…. From the entry hexadecile
- The Mexican trouble is about one fifth genuine complication and four fifths journalistic jimjam.1913, The Bellman - Volume 15, page 613. From the entry jimjam
- This patient's bigonial width was greater than the upper face width and out of proportion with the “rule of fifths.”2000, Thomas M. Graber, Robert L. Vanarsdall, Orthodontics: Current Principles and Techniques, page 49. From the entry bigonial
Meaning of fifth
- adjective The ordinal form of the number five.
- noun The person or thing in the fifth position.
- noun The fifth gear of a transmission.
Questions about the plural of fifth
- What is the plural of fifth?
- The plural of fifth is fifths.
- Is fifth countable?
- Fifth is a countable noun.
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