fivesome

English

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    Cardinal: five
    Ordinal: fifth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 5th
    Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate
    Adverbial: five times
    Multiplier: fivefold
    Latinate multiplier: quintuple
    Distributive: quintuply
    Germanic collective: fivesome
    Collective of n parts: quintuplet, pentuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: pentad
    Greek collective prefix: penta-
    Latinate collective prefix: quinque-
    Fractional: fifth
    Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet
    Number of musicians: quintet
    Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum

Etymology

From five +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪvsəm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪvsəm
  • Hyphenation: five‧some

Noun

fivesome (plural fivesomes)

  1. A group of five people or things.
  2. An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.

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Adjective

fivesome (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) By fives; with five
    • 1885, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Eclectic Magazine:
      They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him fivesome on each side.
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