fifty

fifty
fifty [{{t}}'fɪftɪ] (pl fifties)
1 noun
(a) (number, numeral) cinquante m inv;
∎ fifty and fifty are a hundred cinquante et cinquante font cent;
∎ I'm waiting for a number fifty (bus) j'attends le (bus numéro) cinquante;
∎ {{}}Cars{{}} to do fifty ≃ faire du quatre-vingts;
∎ to be fifty (in age) avoir cinquante ans;
∎ he must be close to or getting on for fifty il doit approcher de la cinquantaine;
∎ to get fifty out of a hundred avoir cinquante sur cent;
∎ the fifties les années cinquante;
∎ in the early/late fifties au début/à la fin des années cinquante;
∎ the temperature will be in the high fifties la température sera environ de quinze degrés;
∎ she is in her fifties elle a entre cinquante et soixante ans;
∎ to be in one's early/late fifties avoir une petite cinquantaine/la cinquantaine bien sonnée
(b) {{}}American{{}} (money) billet m de cinquante (dollars)
2 pronoun
cinquante;
∎ about fifty une cinquantaine;
∎ fifty is not enough cinquante, ce n'est pas assez;
∎ I need fifty (of them) il m'en faut cinquante, j'en ai besoin de cinquante;
∎ there are fifty (of them) (people) ils sont cinquante; (objects) il y en a cinquante;
∎ all fifty of them left tous les cinquante sont partis, ils sont partis tous les cinquante
3 adjective
cinquante;
∎ fifty people cinquante personnes;
∎ about fifty people une cinquantaine de personnes;
∎ on page fifty (à la) page cinquante;
∎ they live at number fifty ils habitent au numéro cinquante;
∎ to be fifty years old avoir cinquante ans;
∎ he works a fifty-hour week il travaille cinquante heures par semaine
4 compound-forming noun
∎ fifty-one cinquante et un;
∎ fifty-two cinquante-deux;
∎ fifty-first cinquante et unième;
∎ fifty-second cinquante-deuxième

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