Standard Lemma guide

fifth

adj · name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US, standard: fĭfth
  • UK, US, standard: /fɪfθ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪfθ
  • UK, US, informal: fĭth
  • UK, US, informal: /fɪθ/
  • US, informal: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪθ
  • UK, US, dialectal: fĭft
  • UK, US, dialectal: /fɪft/
  • rhymes with -ɪft
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 F TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F IH1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number five.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Fifth Amendment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, informal

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, broadly, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

Fifth Avenue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

name

Meaning 5

Fifth Street.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The person or thing in the fifth position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: ellipsis or nominalization

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The person or thing in the fifth position.

The fifth gear of a transmission.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ellipsis

Qualifier: ellipsis or nominalization

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To divide by five.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard, transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adjective satellite

Meaning 15

coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 5th

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interval, musical interval

17

noun

Meaning 17

a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: United States liquid unit

18

noun

Meaning 18

one part in five equal parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one-fifth, fifth part, twenty percent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: common fraction, simple fraction

19

noun

Meaning 19

position five in a countable series of things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was fifth out of several hundred runners

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rank

History

Etymology

PIE word *pénkwe From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots fift, fyft (“fifth”), North Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), West Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), Dutch vijfde (“fifth”), Low German fifte, föfte, füfte (“fifth”), German fünfte (“fifth”), Danish femte (“fifth”), Swedish femte (“fifth”), Icelandic fimmta (“fifth”).

(Fifth Amendment): From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in US legal proceedings.

Across languages

Translations

239 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vyfde — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Albanian: pestë — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Southern Altai: бежинчи (bežinči) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Arabic: خَامِس (ḵāmis) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Arabic: خَامِسَة (ḵāmisa) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Arabic: خامس (ḵāmis) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Armenian: հինգերորդ (hingerord) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Asturian: quintu — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Azerbaijani: beşinci — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Bashkir: бишенсе (bişense) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Basque: bosgarren — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Belarusian: пя́ты (pjáty) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Bengali: পঞ্চম (poncom) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Breton: pempvet — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Bulgarian: пе́ти (péti) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Burmese: ပဉ္စမ (panyca.ma.) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Buryat: табадахи (tabadaxi) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пя́тый (pjátŷj) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Catalan: cinquè — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Catalan: quint — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第五 (dìwǔ) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Chuukese: animuen — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Crimean Tatar: beşinci — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Czech: pátý — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Dalmatian: cincto — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Danish: femte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Dutch: vijfde — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Esperanto: kvina — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Estonian: viies — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Evenki: тунӈӣ (tunŋī) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Faliscan: cuicto (cuicto) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Faroese: fimti — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Finnish: viides — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • French: cinquième — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • French: cinq — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • North Frisian: füft — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • North Frisian: füfs — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • North Frisian: fifst — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Old Frisian: fīfta — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • West-Frisian: fyfte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Gagauz: beşinci — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Galician: quinto — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Georgian: მეხუთე (mexute) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • German: fünfte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Greek: πέμπτος (pémptos) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Ancient Greek: πέμπτος (pémptos) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hawaiian: lima — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hebrew: חמישי (khamishí) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hebrew: חמישית (khamishít) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hindi: पांचवां (pāñcvā̃) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hindi: पाँचवाँ (pā̃cvā̃) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hindi: पाँचवां (pā̃cvā̃) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hindi: पंचम (pañcam) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hindi: पंजवी (pañjvī) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hindi: पंजुम (pañjum) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Hungarian: ötödik — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Icelandic: fimmti — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Ido: kinesma — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Indonesian: kelima — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Ingrian: viijes — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Interlingua: quinte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Irish: cúigiú — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Italian: quinto — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Italian: quinto — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Italian: quinta — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Japanese: 五番目 (goban-me) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Kalmyk: тавдгч (tavdgç) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Kazakh: бесінші (besınşı) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Khakas: пизінӌі (pizìncì) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Khmer: ទីប្រាំ — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Korean: 다섯째 (daseotjjae) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Northern Kurdish: pêncem — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Northern Kurdish: pêncemîn — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Kyrgyz: бешинчи (beşinci) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Lao: ທີ່ຫ້າ (thī hā) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Latin: quintus — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Latvian: piektais — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Ligurian: quìnto — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Lithuanian: penktas — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Macedonian: петти (petti) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Malay: kelima — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Malayalam: അഞ്ചാം (añcāṁ) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Maltese: il-ħames — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Manx: queiggoo — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Māori: tuarima — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Māori: te rima — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Middle English: fifte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Mongolian: тавдугаар (tavdugaar) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Mongolian: тавдахь (tavdaxʹ) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Classical Nahuatl: ic mācuīlli — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Navajo: ashdlaʼ góneʼ — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Norwegian: femte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Occitan: quint — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Occitan: cinquen — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Old Church Slavonic: пѧтъ (pętŭ) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Old Prussian: kettwirts — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰨 (béšinč) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Oromo: shanaad — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Pali: pañcama — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Pennsylvania German: fimft — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Persian: پنجم (panjom) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Plautdietsch: fefta — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Polish: piąty — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Portuguese: quinto — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Romanian: cincilea — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Russian: пя́тый (pjátyj) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Russian: 5-ый (5-yj) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Inari-Sami: viiđâd — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Northern Sami: viđát — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Skolt-Sami: viiđad — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Samogitian: penkts — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Sanskrit: पञ्चमः (pañcamaḥ) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Scots: fift — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Serbo-Croatian: пети — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Serbo-Croatian: peti — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Shor: пежинчи — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Sinhalese: පස්වෙනි (pasweni) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Slovak: piaty — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Slovene: pêti — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Lower Sorbian: pěty — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Upper Sorbian: pjaty — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Spanish: quinto — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Swahili: ya tano — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Swedish: femte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Tagalog: ikalima — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Tagalog: panlima — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Tajik: панҷум (panjum) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Tamil: ஐந்தாம் (aintām) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Tamil: ஐந்தாவது (aintāvatu) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Tatar: бишенче (bişençe) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Thai: ที่ห้า (tîi-hâa) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Tocharian B: piṅkte — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Turkish: beşinci — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Ottoman Turkish: بشنجی (beşinci) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Turkmen: bäşinji — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Ukrainian: п'я́тий (pʺjátyj) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Urdu: پانچواں (pāñcvā̃) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Uyghur: بەشىنچى (beshinchi) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Uzbek: beshinchi — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Vietnamese: thứ năm — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Volapük: lulid — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Votic: viijjez — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Welsh: pumed — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Yakut: бэһис (behis) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Yiddish: פֿינפֿט (finft) — Ordinal form of the number 5 — see also 5th
  • Armenian: հինգերորդ (hingerord) — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Asturian: quintu — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Basque: bosgarren — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Bulgarian: пети (peti) — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Danish: den femte — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Finnish: viides — person or thing in the fifth position
  • French: cinquième — person or thing in the fifth position
  • German: Fünfte — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Hungarian: ötödik — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Interlingua: quinto — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Interlingua: quinta — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Italian: quinto — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Italian: quinta — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Latgalian: pīkts — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Latgalian: pīkta — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Latgalian: pīktais — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Latgalian: pīktuo — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Latin: quintus — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Latvian: piektais — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Latvian: piektā — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Lithuanian: penktas — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Lithuanian: penkta — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Portuguese: quinto — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Portuguese: quinta — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Romanian: al cincilea — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Romanian: a cincea — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Scots: fift — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Swedish: femte — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Swedish: femma — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Turkish: beşinci — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Walloon: cénkinme — person or thing in the fifth position
  • Arabic: خُمْس (ḵums) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Armenian: հինգերորդ (hingerord) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Asturian: quintu — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Bulgarian: пета (peta) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Catalan: cinquè — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Catalan: quint — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Czech: pětina — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Dutch: vijfde — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Esperanto: kvinono — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Estonian: viiendik — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: viidennes — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: viidesosa — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • French: cinquième — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Galician: quinto — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Georgian: მეხუთედი (mexutedi) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • German: Fünftel — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Greek: πέμπτο (pémpto) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Hawaiian: hapalima — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Hindi: पंजवी (pañjvī) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Hungarian: ötöd — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Interlingua: quinto — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Italian: quinto — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Latvian: piektdaļa — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Latvian: piektā daļa — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Lithuanian: penktadalis — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Māori: haurima — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femdel — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femtedel — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femdel — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femtedel — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Pennsylvania German: Fimfdel — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Persian: پنجیک (panjyek) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Persian: پنجیک (panj-yek) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Portuguese: quinto — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Romanian: cincime — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Russian: пятая — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Spanish: quinto — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: femtedel — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Tagalog: kalima — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Tagalog: sangkalima — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Walloon: cénkinme — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Yiddish: פֿינפֿטל (finftl) — one of five equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: sjuttiofemma — quantity of liquor
  • Swedish: sjuttis — quantity of liquor
  • Swedish: helrör — quantity of liquor
  • Swedish: flaska — quantity of liquor
  • Afrikaans: kwint — musical interval
  • Bulgarian: квинта (kvinta) — musical interval
  • Catalan: quinta — musical interval
  • Czech: kvinta — musical interval
  • Dutch: kwint — musical interval
  • Finnish: kvintti — musical interval
  • French: quinte — musical interval
  • German: Quinte — musical interval
  • Hawaiian: lele lima — musical interval
  • Hungarian: kvint — musical interval
  • Japanese: 五度 (godo) — musical interval
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvint — musical interval
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvint — musical interval
  • Romanian: cvintă — musical interval
  • Russian: кви́нта (kvínta) — musical interval
  • Swedish: kvint — musical interval
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