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Plural of five

regular plural

The plural of five is fives.

Forms of five

Singularfive /ˈfaɪ̯v/
Pluralfives /faɪvz/
Countablecountable

Fives in a sentence

  • All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.
  • The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
  • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.From the entry three
  • I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.From the entry four
  • The grade fives are on a field trip.From the entry grade

Meaning of five

  1. numeral A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
  2. numeral Describing a group or set with five elements.
  3. noun The digit/figure 5.

Full definition of five

Questions about the plural of five

What is the plural of five?
The plural of five is fives.
Is five countable?
Five is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: five (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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