fifty

== English == === Alternative forms === fiftie (obsolete) fitty, fiddy (slang) === Etymology === From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“five tens”). By surface analysis, five +‎ -ty. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fĭf'tē, IPA(key): /ˈfɪfti/ Rhymes: -ɪfti Hyphenation: fif‧ty === Numeral === fifty The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one. ==== Synonyms ==== 50 (Arabic numeral); L (Roman numeral); fivety (proscribed) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Last: forty-nine, forty Next: fifty-one, sixty === Noun === fifty (plural fifties) (countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. (cricket) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Tiffy, tiffy == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fifftiȝ, fifte, fifti, fyffty, fyfty === Etymology === From Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz; equivalent to fyf +‎ -ty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiftiː/, (rare) /ˈfiːftiː/ === Numeral === fifty fifty ==== Related terms ==== fiftithe ==== Descendants ==== English: fifty Scots: fifty, fyfty ==== References ==== “fiftī, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.