FIVE

noun Etymology: Middle English, from ~, adjective, from Old English fīf; akin to Old High German finf ~, Latin quinque, Greek pente Date: before 12th century see: number a British handball game, the fifth in a set or series , something having ~ units or members, a 5-dollar bill, fifteen 2, a slapping of extended right hands by two people (as in greeting or celebration), ~ adjective ~ pronoun, plural in construction