fivein world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 五ご go —
French cinq /sɛ̃k/ —
Italian cinque /ˈtʃiŋ.kwe/ —
Spanish cinco /ˈθiŋ.ko/ —
German fünf /fʏnf/ —
Korean 오Hanja 五 o —
Chinese 五Same in traditional wǔ —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • Spanish (cinco)IPA shows Castilian Spanish; in Latin America [θ] (like English “th”) is pronounced [s].
  • Korean (오)For counting things and for age, the native Korean number 다섯 is used.