fifty
/ˈfɪfti/ numeral, noun
Forms fifties fiftie fitty fiddy
- numeral The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
- noun (countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. “Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?”
- noun (cricket) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.
Synonyms
50 L fivety fifty dollar bill
Etymology
From Middle English fifty, from Old English fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“five tens”). By surface analysis, five + -ty.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Five times ten; as, fifty men.
- noun The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.
- noun A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.
Etymology [AS. fiftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzug, G. fünfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fifty”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details