English Explanatory Dictionary

fifty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
noun
  1. A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
  2. A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.

Pronunciation

fĭf'tē /ˈfɪfti/ En-us-fifty.ogg En-au-fifty.ogg

Word forms

fifty fiftie fitty fiddy fifties

Etymology

PIE word *pénkʷe Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz Old English fīftiġ Middle English fifty English fifty From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“five tens”). By surface analysis, five + -ty.

Synonyms

50 L fivety

Related words

forty-nine forty fifty-one sixty

Derived words

50 cent army 50-gon buck fifty fifties fiftieth fiftiethly fifty-cent tour fifty-eleven fifty-fifty fiftyfold fiftyish fifty-leven fifty-move rule fiftysomething fifty-state strategy furious fifties keep it a buck fifty
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