No. 754 in French
cinquième
"Cinquième" means "fifth" in English.
In a sentence
Je suis en cinquième au collège.
I am in the fifth grade in middle school.
Here, 'cinquième' refers to a grade level in the French education system.
C'est la cinquième fois que je vois ce film.
This is the fifth time I watch this movie.
In this sentence, 'cinquième' denotes an ordinal number representing the sequence of occurrences.
Le cinquième élément charme tout le monde.
The fifth element charms everyone.
Here, 'cinquième' is used as an attribute to specify an element in a sequence.
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