"fifth" meaning in English

See fifth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fifθ/ Audio: en-us-fifth.ogg [US] Forms: fifth [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Etymology: five + -th Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|five|th}} five + -th Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The fifth thing is something that is number five (5) in order.
    Sense id: simple-fifth-en-adj-T39r1maH Categories (other): Ordinal numbers
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -th

Noun

IPA: /fifθ/ Audio: en-us-fifth.ogg [US] Forms: fifth [singular], fifths [plural]
Etymology: five + -th Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|five|th}} five + -th Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A fifth of something is one of five equal parts of that thing.
    Sense id: simple-fifth-en-noun-tXLTKji-
  2. A fifth of an alcoholic drink is a bottle of it.
    Sense id: simple-fifth-en-noun-y7kZQJlj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -th
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