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English numbers (edit)
500
 ←  40  ←  49 50 51  →  60  → 
5
    Cardinal: fifty
    Ordinal: fiftieth
    Adverbial: fifty times
    Multiplier: fiftyfold

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Etymology edit

PIE word
*pénkʷe

From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (five tens).

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fifty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

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  • 50 (Arabic numeral); L (Roman numeral); fivety (proscribed)

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Noun edit

fifty (plural fifties)

  1. (countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
    Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?
    • 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
      ‘If you shoot him I’ll give you fifty pounds.’
      ‘All right!’ The driver laughed. ‘I’ll do my best to earn that fifty!’
  2. (cricket) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.

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Middle English edit

Middle English numbers (edit)
 ←  40 50 60  → 
5
    Cardinal: fifty
    Ordinal: fiftithe

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Etymology edit

From Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz; equivalent to five +‎ -ty.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiftiː/, (rare) /ˈfiːftiː/

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fifty

  1. fifty

Descendants edit

  • English: fifty
  • Scots: fifty, fyfty

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