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fifte

Pronunciation: /ˈfift(ə)/

“fifte” is a Middle English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. fifth

noun

  1. A fifth; something which is fifth.
  2. A musical fifth or a note a fifth away from another given note.

Etymology

From Old English fīfta, from Proto-West Germanic *fimftō, from Proto-Germanic *fimftô. Equivalent to fyf + -the (ordinal suffix), which some forms are remodeled on.

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