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fifty

English

Alternative forms

  • fiftie (archaic)
  • fitty (slang)

Etymology

From Old English f?fti?, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (fifty).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: f?f't?, IPA(key): /?f?fti/

Numeral

fifty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

Synonyms

  • Arabic numerals: 50
  • Roman numerals: L

Translations

See also

  • Last: forty-nine, forty
  • Next: fifty-one, sixty

Noun

fifty (plural fifties)

  1. (countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
    Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?
  2. (cricket) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Tiffy

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fiftysomething

English

Alternative forms

  • fifty-something

Noun

fiftysomething (countable and uncountable, plural fiftysomethings)

  1. (countable, colloquial) A person aged between 50 and 59 years.
    She was a spritely fiftysomething.

Synonyms

  • quinquagenarian

Translations

Numeral

fiftysomething

  1. Between fifty and sixty.

fiftysomething From the web:

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