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fifty

US/ˈfɪfti/ common
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

being ten more than forty

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noun

1.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

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a United States bill worth 50 dollars

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PIE word *pénkʷe Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥-t(-s) Proto-Germanic *tegun(dz) 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.

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