fifte
Middle English edit
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Cardinal: five Ordinal: fifte |
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English fīfta, from Proto-West Germanic *fimftō, from Proto-Germanic *fimftô. Equivalent to five + -the (ordinal suffix), which some forms are remodeled on.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fifte
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fī̆fte, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.
Noun edit
fifte
- (rare) A fifth; something which is fifth.
- (rare) A musical fifth or a note a fifth away from another given note.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fī̆fte, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.
Etymology 2 edit
Numeral edit
fifte
- Alternative form of fifty
Old Frisian edit
Adjective edit
fifte