Standard Lemma guide

fifty-fifty

adj · adv · noun · 7 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.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Half and half.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • In this recipe, the flour and sugar are fifty-fifty.
  • In this recipe, the flour and sugar are in fifty-fifty proportions.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Used to describe two possible outcomes as being equally likely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • It is fifty-fifty that the employee who made the mistake will end up fired.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

In half: in two equal parts, shares, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I'll handle production, you handle sales, and we'll split profits fifty-fifty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind, a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skateboarding, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide, a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, snowboarding, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • even amounts of butter and sugar
  • on even terms
  • it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split
  • had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance
  • an even fight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: even

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنَاصَفَةً (munāṣafatan) — in half
  • Arabic: بِالنِّصْف (bi-n-niṣf) — in half
  • Bulgarian: петдесет на петдесет (petdeset na petdeset) — in half
  • Catalan: per la meitat — in half
  • Chinese Mandarin: 各半 (gèbàn) — in half
  • Dutch: samsam — in half
  • Dutch: fiftyfifty — in half
  • Finnish: puoliksi — in half
  • French: fifty-fifty — in half
  • French: cinquante-cinquante — in half
  • French: moitié-moitié — in half
  • German: fifty-fifty — in half
  • German: halbe-halbe — in half
  • German: halbpart — in half
  • Hungarian: fifti-fifti — in half
  • Irish: caoga-caoga — in half
  • Irish: leath is leath — in half
  • Italian: a metà — in half
  • Japanese: 半々 (hanhan) — in half
  • Korean: 반반 (banban) — in half
  • Macedonian: фи́фти-фи́фти (fífti-fífti) — in half
  • Polish: fifty-fifty — in half
  • Polish: po połowie — in half
  • Polish: pół na pół — in half
  • Portuguese: ao meio — in half
  • Russian: по́ровну (pórovnu) — in half
  • Russian: попола́м (popolám) — in half
  • Russian: пятьдеся́т на пятьдеся́т (pjatʹdesját na pjatʹdesját) — in half
  • Russian: фи́фти-фи́фти (fífti-fífti) — in half
  • Spanish: en dos mitades — in half
  • Spanish: cincuenta-cincuenta — in half
  • Turkish: fífti-fífti — in half