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fif·ty
(fĭf′tē)n.
1. The cardinal number equal to 5 × 10.
2. fifties
a. A decade or the numbers from 50 to 59: They began playing golf in their fifties. With the sunshine, the temperature reached the fifties.
b. often Fifties The decade from 50 to 59 in a century.
3. A fifty-dollar bill.
fif′ty adj. & pron.
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fifty
(ˈfɪftɪ)n, pl -ties
1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 50, L, etc, representing this number
3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 50 units
determiner
a. amounting to fifty: fifty people.
b. (as pronoun): fifty should be sufficient.
[Old English fīftig]
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fif•ty
(ˈfɪf ti)n., pl. -ties,
adj. n.
1. a cardinal number, ten times five.
2. a symbol for this number, as 50 or L.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. fifties, the numbers from 50 through 59, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature.
5. a fifty-dollar bill.
adj. 6. amounting to 50.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English fīftig]
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| Noun | 1. |  fifty - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and fivelarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten |
| 2. |  fifty - a United States bill worth 50 dollarsbank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, bill, note - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  fifty - being ten more than forty cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
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Translations
الخَمسينخمسونخَمسونخَمْسُونعُمرُه خَمسون سَنَه
cinquanta
padesátpadesátiletý
halvtredshalvtreds århalvtreds år gammel
kvindek
viiskümmend
viisikymmentä
pedeset
ötven
fimmtíufimmtíu árafimmtíu ára, fimmtugur
五十
50
quinquaginta
laipsnųlygiomispenkiasdešimtpenkiasdešimtaspenkiasdešimties
piecdesmitpiecdesmit gadu vecumspiecdesmitgadīgs
cincizeci
päťdesiatpäťdesiat rokov
petdeset
femtio
ห้าสิบ
ellielli yaşıelli yaşında
năm mươi
fifty
[ˈfɪftɪ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fifty
[ˈfɪfti] num → cinquanteHe's fifty → Il a cinquante ans.fifty-fifty [ˌfɪftiˈfɪfti]
adv → moitié-moitié
They split the prize money fifty-fifty → Ils ont partagé l'argent du prix moitié-moitié.
to share fifty-fifty with sb → partager moitié-moitié avec qn
They split the prize money fifty-fifty → Ils ont partagé l'argent du prix moitié-moitié.
to share fifty-fifty with sb → partager moitié-moitié avec qn
adj
to have a fifty-fifty chance → avoir une chance sur deux
to have a fifty-fifty chance of success → avoir cinquante pour cent de chances de réussir
on a fifty-fifty basis → sur une base de moitié-moitié
to have a fifty-fifty chance → avoir une chance sur deux
to have a fifty-fifty chance of success → avoir cinquante pour cent de chances de réussir
on a fifty-fifty basis → sur une base de moitié-moitié
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fifty
[ˈfɪftɪ]1. adj → cinquanta inv
about fifty people/cars → una cinquantina di persone/di macchine
he'll be fifty (years old) next birthday → al prossimo compleanno avrà/compirà cinquant'anni
he's about fifty → è sulla cinquantina
about fifty people/cars → una cinquantina di persone/di macchine
he'll be fifty (years old) next birthday → al prossimo compleanno avrà/compirà cinquant'anni
he's about fifty → è sulla cinquantina
2. n → cinquanta m inv
the fifties (1950s) → gli anni cinquanta
to be in one's fifties → avere passato la cinquantina
the temperature was in the fifties → la temperatura era al di sopra dei cinquanta gradi (Fahrenheit)
to do fifty (Aut) → andare a 50 (all'ora)
the fifties (1950s) → gli anni cinquanta
to be in one's fifties → avere passato la cinquantina
the temperature was in the fifties → la temperatura era al di sopra dei cinquanta gradi (Fahrenheit)
to do fifty (Aut) → andare a 50 (all'ora)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fifty
(ˈfifti) noun1. the number or figure 50.
2. the age of 50.
adjective1. 50 in number.
2. aged 50.
ˈfifties noun plural1. the period of time between one's fiftieth and sixtieth birthdays.
2. the range of temperatures between fifty and sixty degrees.
3. the period of time between the fiftieth and sixtieth years of a century.
ˈfiftieth noun1. one of fifty equal parts.
2. (also adjective) (the) last of fifty (people, things etc); (the) next after the forty-ninth.
fifty- having fifty (of something). a fifty-page book.
ˈfifty-year-old noun a person or animal that is fifty years old.
adjective (of a person, animal or thing) that is fifty years old.
ˌfifty-ˈfifty adverb half and half. We'll divide the money fifty-fifty.
adjective equal. a fifty-fifty chance.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
fifty
→ خَمْسُون padesát halvtreds fünfzig πενήντα cincuenta viisikymmentä cinquante pedeset cinquanta 五十 50 vijftig femti pięćdziesiąt cinquenta пятьдесят femtio ห้าสิบ elli năm mươi 五十Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009