Definitions of fifth:

  • noun:   the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
  • noun:   a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
  • noun:   position five in a countable series of things
    Example: "He was fifth out of several hundred runners"
  • noun:   a fifth part
  • adjective:   coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position