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fivish

fivish

1 8.7
About five, for example five people or five o'clock
  • adjective
  • /ˈfaɪvɪʃ/
  • Informal
: aproximadamente cinco
  • So it took them a full fivish years to update their stance on that.

Examples

  • It took us fivish attempts to finally solve the puzzle.

  • The project is expected to be completed in fivish weeks.

  • She had fivish apples in her bag after the market visit.

How Close

five
∞ 1.0
fivish
  • Informal
1 8.7

Surface Forms

fivish positive

Morphology

fivish = five (transparent) = five + ish

Formed from the numeral 'five' plus the productive suffix '-ish' meaning 'approximately', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Fivish is simply five plus the ending -ish, which means 'about' or 'somewhat', like in reddish. So fivish means 'around five' in number or time.