cinquante
See also: cinquantè and chînquante
French edit
500[a], [b] | ||||
← 40 | ← 49 | 50 | 51 → [a], [b] | 60 → |
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5 | ||||
Cardinal: cinquante Ordinal: cinquantième Ordinal abbreviation: 50e, (now nonstandard) 50ème | ||||
French Wikipedia article on 50 |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French cinquante, from Vulgar Latin cīnquāgintā, dissimilation of Latin quīnquāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷēḱomt, from earlier *pénkʷe(d)ḱomt (“five-ten”).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
cinquante (invariable)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Louisiana Creole: sinkant
Further reading edit
- “cinquante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin cīnquāgintā, dissimilation of Latin quīnquāgintā.
Pronunciation edit
- (classical) IPA(key): /tsĩnˈkwãntə/, (northern) /tʃ-/
- (late) IPA(key): /sĩnˈk(w)ãntə/, (northern) /ʃ-/
Numeral edit
50 | Previous: | quarante neuf |
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Next: | cinquante et un |
cinquante
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- French: cinquante
- Norman: chînquante (Jersey)
- Walloon: céncwante