fiftieth
pronunciation
How to pronounce fiftieth in British English:
UK ['fɪftɪəθ]
How to pronounce fiftieth in American English:
US [ˈfɪftiɪθ]
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- Noun:
- position 50 in a countable series of things
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- Adjective:
- the ordinal number of fifty in counting order
Word Origin
- fiftieth (adj.)
- Old English fifteogoða "fiftieth;" see fifty + -th (1). Compare Old Norse fimmtugande, and, with a different suffix, Old Frisian fiftichsta, Dutch vijftigste, Old High German fimfzugsto, German fünfzigste.
Example
- 1. Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants .
- 2. The term of protection of the rights specified in the preceding paragraph shall be fifty years , expiring on december 31 of the fiftieth year after the first broadcasting of the programme .
- 3. A golden wedding is the fiftieth anniversary of a marriage .
- 4. No. but it 's the fiftieth time I 've showed without my homework .
- 5. In the fiftieth year of azariah king of judah pekahiah the son of menahem began to reign over israel in samaria , and reigned two years .