fifths
FIFTHS/fɪfθs/
- 1Plural of fifth.
The recipe splits the dough into fifths before each loaf is shaped.
Composers often build harmony by stacking fifths above the bass note.
Note
One spelling carries several different plurals at once. In arithmetic it counts equal parts, as in three fifths of the total. In music it names intervals spanning five scale degrees. In American usage it can also mean bottles of liquor, each once a fifth of a gallon and now more often 750 milliliters. The form never changes between these meanings, so only the surrounding words tell the reader which one is meant.
fifths is a form of fifth
fifth, noun: The person or thing occupying position number five in a sequence. Full entry
- Forms
- fifthfifths plural
- Spelling
- fifth → fifths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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