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fifty

noun · num · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: fĭf'tē
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪfti/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪfti
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 F T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

num

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

being ten more than forty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 50, l

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a United States bill worth 50 dollars

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fifty dollar bill

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback

6

noun

Meaning 6

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 50, L

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: halvtredser — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Finnish: viisikymppinen — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Georgian: ორმოცდაათიანი (ormocdaatiani) — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • German: Fünfziger — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Japanese: 50ドル札 (gojūdorusatsu) — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Macedonian: педесетка (pedesetka) — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Marathi: पन्नासची नोट (pannāscī noṭ) — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Navajo: ashdladiin béeso — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Russian: полти́нник (poltínnik) — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Swedish: femtiolapp — a banknote with a denomination of 50
  • Afrikaans: vyftig — cardinal number
  • Albanian: pesëdhjetë — cardinal number
  • Southern Altai: бежен (bežen) — cardinal number
  • Southern Altai: ӧлӱ (ölü) — cardinal number
  • Amharic: አምሳ (ʾämsa) — cardinal number
  • Amharic: ፶) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: خَمْسِينَ (ḵamsīna) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: خَمْسُونَ (ḵamsūna) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: خمسين (ḵamsīn) — cardinal number
  • Aramaic: חמשין (khamshīn) — cardinal number
  • Aramaic: ܚܡܫܝܢ (khamshīn) — cardinal number
  • Armenian: հիսուն (hisun) — cardinal number
  • Aromanian: tsindzãts — cardinal number
  • Aromanian: tsindzãtsi — cardinal number
  • Aromanian: tsindzets — cardinal number
  • Asturian: cincuenta — cardinal number
  • Azerbaijani: əlli — cardinal number
  • Bashkir: илле (ille) — cardinal number
  • Basque: berrogeita hamar — cardinal number
  • Belarusian: пяцьдзеся́т (pjacʹdzjesját) — cardinal number
  • Bengali: পঞ্চাশ (poncaś) — cardinal number
  • Central Bikol: limampulo — cardinal number
  • Breton: hanter-kant — cardinal number
  • Breton: pemont — cardinal number
  • Bulgarian: петдесе́т (petdesét) — cardinal number
  • Burmese: ငါးဆယ် (nga:hcai) — cardinal number
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пятдеся́ть (pjatdesjátʹ) — cardinal number
  • Catalan: cinquanta — cardinal number
  • Cebuano: kalim-an — cardinal number
  • Chamicuro: pichka chunka — cardinal number
  • Chechen: шовзткъе итт (šovztqʼe itt) — cardinal number
  • Cherokee: ᎯᏍᎩᏍᎪᎯ (hisgisgohi) — cardinal number
  • Chichewa: makumi asanu — cardinal number
  • Chinese Cantonese: 五十 (ng5 sap6) — cardinal number
  • Hakka Chinese: 五十 (ńg-sṳ̍p) — cardinal number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五十 (wǔshí) — cardinal number
  • Wu Chinese: 五十 (6ng-zeq) — cardinal number
  • Chuukese: nime — cardinal number
  • Chuvash: аллӑ (allă) — cardinal number
  • Cornish: hanterkans — cardinal number
  • Crimean Tatar: elli — cardinal number
  • Czech: padesát — cardinal number
  • Dalmatian: cioncuanta — cardinal number
  • Danish: halvtreds — cardinal number
  • Danish: halvtredsindstyve — cardinal number
  • Danish: femti — cardinal number
  • Dhivehi: ފަންސާސް (fan̊sās) — cardinal number
  • Central Dusun: limo nohopod — cardinal number
  • Dutch: vijftig — cardinal number
  • Dzongkha: ལྔ་བཅུ (lnga bcu) — cardinal number
  • Esperanto: kvindek — cardinal number
  • Estonian: viiskümmend — cardinal number
  • Extremaduran: cincuenta — cardinal number
  • Farefare: pisnuu — cardinal number
  • Faroese: fimmti — cardinal number
  • Faroese: hálvtrýss — cardinal number
  • Fijian: limasagavulu — cardinal number
  • Finnish: viisikymmentä — cardinal number
  • French: cinquante — cardinal number
  • West-Frisian: fyftich — cardinal number
  • Friulian: cincuante — cardinal number
  • Galician: cincuenta — cardinal number
  • Georgian: ორმოცდაათი (ormocdaati) — cardinal number
  • German: fünfzig — cardinal number
  • German: fuffzig — cardinal number
  • German: fuchzig — cardinal number
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (fimf tigjus) — cardinal number
  • Greek: πενήντα (penínta) — cardinal number
  • Ancient Greek: πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) — cardinal number
  • Ancient Greek: ν ́ — cardinal number
  • Gujarati: પચાસ (pacās) — cardinal number
  • Haitian Creole: senkant — cardinal number
  • Hausa: hamsin — cardinal number
  • Hawaiian: kanalima — cardinal number
  • Hebrew: חמישים — cardinal number
  • Hebrew: חֲמִשִּׁים (khamishím) — cardinal number
  • Hiligaynon: kalim-an — cardinal number
  • Hindi: पचास (pacās) — cardinal number
  • Hindi: पंजाह (pañjāh) — cardinal number
  • Hungarian: ötven — cardinal number
  • Icelandic: fimmtíu — cardinal number
  • Ido: kinadek — cardinal number
  • Igala: óóje — cardinal number
  • Igbo: ìri īse — cardinal number
  • Indonesian: lima puluh — cardinal number
  • Ingrian: viiskymment — cardinal number
  • Interlingua: cinquanta — cardinal number
  • Irish: caoga — cardinal number
  • Italian: cinquanta — cardinal number
  • Japanese: 五十 — cardinal number
  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦏꦼꦠ꧀ (séket) — cardinal number
  • Jeju: 쉰 (swin) — cardinal number
  • Jeju: 오십 (osip) — cardinal number
  • Kabuverdianu: sinkuenta — cardinal number
  • Kapampangan: limampulu — cardinal number
  • Karachay-Balkar: элли (elli) — cardinal number
  • Kazakh: елу (elu) — cardinal number
  • Khakas: иліг (ilìg) — cardinal number
  • Khmer: ហាសិប (haː səp) — cardinal number
  • Khmer: ៥០ — cardinal number
  • Komi-Permyak: витдас (vitdas) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 쉰 (swin) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 오십 (osip) — cardinal number
  • Kumyk: элли (elli) — cardinal number
  • Central Kurdish: پەنجا (penca) — cardinal number
  • Northern Kurdish: pêncî — cardinal number
  • Kyrgyz: элүү (elüü) — cardinal number
  • Ladin: cincanta — cardinal number
  • Ladino: סינקואינטה — cardinal number
  • Ladino: sinkuenta — cardinal number
  • Lakota: wikčémna žáptaŋ — cardinal number
  • Lao: ຫ້າສິບ (hā sip) — cardinal number
  • Latin: quinquaginta — cardinal number
  • Latvian: piecdesmit — cardinal number
  • Ligurian: çinquanta — cardinal number
  • Limburgish: vieftig — cardinal number
  • Lithuanian: penkiasdešimt — cardinal number
  • Livonian: vīžkimdõ — cardinal number
  • Lombard: cinquanta — cardinal number
  • Louisiana Creole: sinkant — cardinal number
  • Luxembourgish: fofzeg — cardinal number
  • Macedonian: педесет (pedeset) — cardinal number
  • Malay: lima puluh — cardinal number
  • Malayalam: അമ്പത് (ampatŭ) — cardinal number
  • Malayalam: അൻപത് (aṉpatŭ) — cardinal number
  • Maltese: ħamsin — cardinal number
  • Manchu: ᠰᡠᠰᠠᡳ (susai) — cardinal number
  • Manx: jeih as daeed — cardinal number
  • Manx: lieh cheead — cardinal number
  • Manx: queigad — cardinal number
  • Māori: rima ngahuru — cardinal number
  • Māori: rima tekau — cardinal number
  • Marathi: पन्नास (pannās) — cardinal number
  • Middle English: fifty — cardinal number
  • Mokilese: limeijek — cardinal number
  • Mongolian: тавь (tavʹ) — cardinal number
  • Nauruan: ajima — cardinal number
  • Navajo: ashdladiin — cardinal number
  • Norwegian: femti — cardinal number
  • Occitan: cinquanta — cardinal number
  • Ojibwe: naanimidana — cardinal number
  • Old Church Slavonic: пѧть дєсѧтъ (pętĭ desętŭ) — cardinal number
  • Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰏 — cardinal number
  • Oromo: shantama — cardinal number
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пейдзешат (pejdzešat) — cardinal number
  • Papiamentu: sinkuenta — cardinal number
  • Pashto: پنځوس (pënźos) — cardinal number
  • Pennsylvania German: fuffzich — cardinal number
  • Persian: پنجاه (panjâh) — cardinal number
  • Piedmontese: sinquanta — cardinal number
  • Polish: pięćdziesiąt — cardinal number
  • Portuguese: cinquenta — cardinal number
  • Portuguese: cinqüenta — cardinal number
  • Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਹ (pañjāh) — cardinal number
  • Quechua: pichqa chunka — cardinal number
  • Réunion Creole French: sinkant — cardinal number
  • Romagnol: ẓincvànta — cardinal number
  • Romanian: cincizeci — cardinal number
  • Romanian: cinzeci — cardinal number
  • Romansh: tschuncanta — cardinal number
  • Romansh: tschuncànta — cardinal number
  • Romansh: tschunconta — cardinal number
  • Romansh: tschinquaunta — cardinal number
  • Russian: пятьдеся́т (pjatʹdesját) — cardinal number
  • Kildin-Sami: выдтлоагкь (vydtlågk’) — cardinal number
  • Northern Sami: vihttalogi — cardinal number
  • Samoan: limasefulu — cardinal number
  • Sanskrit: पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) — cardinal number
  • Santali: ᱢᱚᱬᱮ ᱜᱮᱞ (môṇe gel) — cardinal number
  • Sardinian: chimbanta — cardinal number
  • Sardinian: chimmanta — cardinal number
  • Sardinian: cimmanta — cardinal number
  • Sardinian: cincanta — cardinal number
  • Savosavo: aratale — cardinal number
  • Scottish Gaelic: dà fhichead 's a deich — cardinal number
  • Scottish Gaelic: caogad — cardinal number
  • Scottish Gaelic: leth-cheud — cardinal number
  • Serbo-Croatian: педесет — cardinal number
  • Serbo-Croatian: pedeset — cardinal number
  • Shan: ႁႃႈသိပ်း (hāa síp) — cardinal number
  • Sicilian: cinquanta — cardinal number
  • Sinhalese: පනහ (panaha) — cardinal number
  • Slovak: päťdesiat — cardinal number
  • Slovene: petdeset — cardinal number
  • Spanish: cincuenta — cardinal number
  • Swahili: hamsini — cardinal number
  • Swedish: femtio — cardinal number
  • Tagalog: limampu — cardinal number
  • Tahitian: pae 'ahuru — cardinal number
  • Tajik: панҷоҳ (panjoh) — cardinal number
  • Tatar: илле (ille) — cardinal number
  • Telugu: యాభై (yābhai) — cardinal number
  • Thai: ห้าสิบ (hâa-sìp) — cardinal number
  • Tigrinya: ሓምሳ (ḥamsa) — cardinal number
  • Tocharian B: piśāka — cardinal number
  • Tok Pisin: fifti — cardinal number
  • Tok Pisin: faipela ten — cardinal number
  • Tongan: nimangofulu — cardinal number
  • Turkish: elli — cardinal number
  • Ottoman Turkish: اللی (elli) — cardinal number
  • Turkmen: elli — cardinal number
  • Tuvan: бежен (bejen) — cardinal number
  • Udmurt: витьтон (viťton) — cardinal number
  • Ukrainian: п'ятдеся́т (pʺjatdesját) — cardinal number
  • Unami: palenàxk txintxke — cardinal number
  • Urdu: پچاس (pacās) — cardinal number
  • Uyghur: ئەللىك (ellik) — cardinal number
  • Uzbek: ellik — cardinal number
  • Venetan: sincuanta — cardinal number
  • Venetan: zhincuanta — cardinal number
  • Venetan: çinquanta — cardinal number
  • Venetan: xinquanta — cardinal number
  • Vietnamese: năm mươi — cardinal number
  • Volapük: luldeg — cardinal number
  • Volapük: luls — cardinal number
  • Waray-Waray: kalim-an — cardinal number
  • Welsh: hanner cant — cardinal number
  • Welsh: pum deg — cardinal number
  • Wolaytta: ishatama — cardinal number
  • Yakut: биэс уон (bies uon) — cardinal number
  • Yiddish: פֿופֿציק (fuftsik) — cardinal number
  • Yoruba: àádọ́ta — cardinal number
  • Yucatec Maya: lajun tu óoxkʼáal — cardinal number
  • Yup'ik: yuinaak malruk qulen — cardinal number
  • Yup'ik: malruk ipiaq qulen — cardinal number
Real reading context

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