adj
Meaning 1
By fives; with five
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fivesome
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈfaɪvsəm/
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rhymes with -aɪvsəm
noun
Meaning 2
A group of five people or things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
five people considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quintet, quintette
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gathering, assemblage
noun
Meaning 5
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkwe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-West Germanic *fimf Old English fīf Middle English fyf English five English -some English fivesome From five + -some.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: петорка (petorka) — group of five
- Esperanto: kvinopo — group of five
- Finnish: viisikko — group of five
- French: quintuor — group of five
- Galician: quinteto — group of five
- Polish: piątka — group of five
- Polish: pięcioro — group of five
- Portuguese: quinteto — group of five
- Russian: пятеро́ (pjateró) — group of five
- Russian: пятёрка (pjatjórka) — group of five
- Northern Sami: viđas — group of five
- Spanish: quinteto — group of five