555
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Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]555
- Fictional telephone number prefix widely used in North American television shows, films, and other media.[1]
- The 555 timer integrated circuit (IC).
Usage notes
[edit]- Usually pronounced "five-five-five".
See also
[edit]- KL5
555 (telephone number) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - 555 timer IC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]- ^ 2004, Frank Jackson, Graham Priest, Lewisian Themes: The Philosophy of David K. Lewis, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 123:
- [I]t is standard in American television and motion pictures to use 'fictiona' telephone numbers. [... But] a standard mention of a '555' number never generates the fictional truth that the number in question begins with '555'. It leaves the number in question fictionally indeterminate. [...] The X-Files mentions at least forty-seven '555' numbers, and no other kind [...] in different cities, states, and locales [...but] it's no part of [the] story that the first three digits of all these phone numbers coincide—that would itself be worthy of an 'X-File'. The '555' number, in a standard mention, is a convention device for communicating the (fictional) fact that someone reveals a phone number, without stipulating what that number is.
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Homophones: five, five, five
Adjective
[edit]555 (not comparable)
- (Canada, US, fiction) Pertaining to a fake telephone number. The local exchange and area code number 555 was reserved in North American dialing plan for fictional numbers, prior to the 21st century.
- 555-2368, 1-555-321-2368, and (555)234-2368 are all 555 numbers; they aren’t real.
Synonyms
[edit]Chinese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄨ ㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wuwuwu
- Wade–Giles: wu1-wu1-wu1
- Yale: wū-wū-wū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uuu
- Palladius: ууу (uuu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ u⁵⁵ u⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Interjection
[edit]555
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]5 (ห้า) is a homophone of ฮ่า which is the laughing sound.
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | 555 | |
| Phonemic | ฮ่า-ฮ่า-ฮ่า ɦ ˋ ā – ɦ ˋ ā – ɦ ˋ ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | hâa-hâa-hâa |
| Royal Institute | ha-ha-ha | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /haː˥˩.haː˥˩.haː˥˩/(R) | |
Interjection
[edit]555 • (hâa-hâa-hâa)
Synonyms
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