fem-av-fem

Norwegian Bokmål

Hakeem Olajuwon has performed a five by five six times in NBA play.

Etymology

A calque of English five by five, an international basketball term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛm.aʋ.fɛm/

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• Rhymes: -ɛm
• Hyphenation: fem‧av‧fem

Noun

fem-av-fem m (definite singular fem-av-femen, indefinite plural fem-av-femer, definite plural fem-av-femene)

1. (basketball) a five-by-five (the achievement of gathering a total of five in five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks—in a single game)

   Den 10. Mars 1978, ble Hakeem Olajuwon den første NBA-spilleren til å utføre en fem-av-fem.

   On the 10th of March 1978, Hakeem Olajuwon became the first NBA player to perform a five by five.

See also

• dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”), DD (“DD”)
• trippel-dobbel (“tripple double”), TD (“TD”)
• firdobbel-dobbel (“quadruple double”)
• femdobbel-dobbel (“quintuple double”)