фифти-фифти
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English fifty-fifty.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
фи́фти-фи́фти • (fífti-fífti)
- (colloquial, rare) fifty-fifty
References edit
- “фифти-фифти” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
- “фифти-фифти”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language][1] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 64
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- 50/50 — more common
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English fifty-fifty.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
фи́фти-фи́фти • (fífti-fífti)
- (colloquial, usually as a predicative) fifty-fifty (equally split or involving equal likelihoods)
- Synonyms: (partial) по́ровну (pórovnu), (partial) попола́м (popolám), пятьдеся́т на пятьдеся́т (pjatʹdesját na pjatʹdesját)
- Мы де́лим фи́фти-фи́фти, то есть 50 проце́нтов твои́, 50 проце́нтов мои́. ― My délim fífti-fífti, to jestʹ 50 procéntov tvoí, 50 procéntov moí. ― We divide it fifty-fifty, so you get 50%, and I get 50%.
- Он мо́жет пройти́ их в пе́рвом ра́унде, но тут фи́фти-фи́фти. ― On móžet projtí ix v pérvom ráunde, no tut fífti-fífti. ― He might get through them in the first round, but it's fifty-fifty.
- (colloquial) not great, not very well, mediocre(ly), middling(ly)
- Synonyms: посре́дственно (posrédstvenno), сре́дне (srédne), сре́дненько (srédnenʹko), та́к себе (ták sebe)
- Они́ говоря́т по-англи́йски фи́фти-фи́фти. ― Oní govorját po-anglíjski fífti-fífti. ― They don't speak English very well.
- (colloquial) kind of, sort of, to some extent, a little, not much, not particularly
Noun edit
фи́фти-фи́фти • (fífti-fífti) m inan (indeclinable)