fifty
pronunciation
How to pronounce fifty in British English:
UK [ˈfɪfti]
How to pronounce fifty in American English:
US [ˈfɪfti]
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- Noun:
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
- a United States bill worth 50 dollars
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- Adjective:
- being ten more than forty
Word Origin
- fifty (n.)
- Old English fiftig "fifty; a set of fifty," from fif "five" (see five) + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Compare Old Frisian fiftich, Old Norse fimm tigir, Dutch vijftig, Old High German fimfzug, German fünfzig, Gothic fimf tigjus. U.S. colloquial fifty-fifty "in an even division" is from 1908.
Example
- 1. The commercial will feature a fifty chinese celebrities .
- 2. Tomorrow will be my mother 's fifty birthday .
- 3. The united nations reported that between thirty and forty monks and between fifty and seventy civilians were killed .
- 4. He pays me fifty yuan a week .
- 5. Nine of the world 's fifty richest people are women .