fifth

cinquième

Qui vient juste après le quatrième dans une suite.

En anglais simple : Coming after the fourth person or thing in a series.

• Our room is on the fifth floor.
• She finished in fifth place.
• This is my fifth visit to Rome.

Synonymes : 5th, Vth, V., V

Expressions courantes : fifth floor, fifth place, fifth birthday, fifth time

cinquième

Une des cinq parts égales d’un tout.

En anglais simple : One of five equal parts of something.

• I ate a fifth of the cake.
• Rent takes up two fifths of her income.
• About one fifth of the land is forest.

Comment l'utiliser : a fifth of something (A fifth of the class was absent.)

Synonymes : one fifth

Expressions courantes : a fifth, one fifth, a fifth of, two fifths

bouteille d'alcool

Bouteille d’alcool fort contenant environ trois quarts de litre.

En anglais simple : A bottle of strong alcoholic drink holding about three quarters of a litre.

• She bought a fifth of gin.
• They shared a fifth of whiskey over the weekend.
• An unopened fifth of vodka stood on the shelf.

Comment l'utiliser : a fifth of something (He bought a fifth of bourbon.)

Expressions courantes : a fifth of, fifth of whiskey, fifth of vodka