five-finger

five-fin·ger

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fahyv fing-ger]
- /faɪv ˈfɪŋ gər/
- /faɪv ˈfɪŋɡə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fahyv fing-ger]
- /faɪv ˈfɪŋ gər/

Definitions of five-finger word

noun five-finger any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis. 1
noun five-finger Virginia creeper. 1
noun five-finger any of various plants having five-petalled flowers or five lobed leaves, such as cinquefoil and Virginia creeper 0
noun five-finger any of various plants having leaves with five parts or flowers with five petals; esp., the cinquefoils and woodbine (sense 2) 0

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Origin of five-finger

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fīffingre

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Parts of speech for Five-finger

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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five-finger popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.