cinquième

French

**French numbers ^(edit)**
	50
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Cardinal: cinq Ordinal: cinquième Ordinal abbreviation: 5e, (now nonstandard) 5ème Multiplier: quintuple
French Wikipedia article on 5

Etymology

From Middle French cinquiesme. Also cinq +‎ -ième.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.kjɛm/
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Homophone: cinquièmes
Hyphenation: cin‧quième
Rhymes: -ɛm

Adjective

cinquième (plural cinquièmes)

(ordinal number) fifth
Synonym: (old) quint

Derived terms

Noun

cinquième m (plural cinquièmes)

(fractional number) fifth

Further reading

“cinquième”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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