How to pronounce five

Say it like this: /ˈfaːv/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈfaːv/

What does five mean?

numA numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.

“The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.”

Describing a group or set with five elements.

nounThe digit/figure 5.

“He wrote a five followed by four zeroes.”

A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.

“Can anyone here change a five?”

Anything measuring five units, as length.

“All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours.”

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