Meanings
nounfiftieth (plural fiftieths)
plural fiftieths
- The person or thing in the fiftieth position.
- One of fifty equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number fifty.
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Origin
- Middle Englishfiftithe
- Englishfiftieth
From earlier fifteth, from Middle English fiftithe, fyftith; equivalent to fifty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vyftigste
- vyftigstethe ordinal form of the number fifty
Ancient Greek πεντηκοστός
- πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Basque berrogeita hamarren
- berrogeita hamarrenthe ordinal form of the number fifty
Bengali পঁচাশত্তম
- পঁচাশত্তম (põcaśottom)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Bulgarian петдесети
- петдесети (petdeseti)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Catalan cinquantè, cinquantè
- cinquantèthe ordinal form of the number fifty
- cinquantèthe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- cinquantèone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Chinese Mandarin 第五十
- 第五十 (dì wǔshí)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Czech padesátý, padesátina
- padesátýthe ordinal form of the number fifty
- padesátinaone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Danish halvtredsindstyvende, den halvtredsindstyvende
- halvtredsindstyvendethe ordinal form of the number fifty
- den halvtredsindstyvendethe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- nr. halvtredsthe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- halvtredsindstyvendedelone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Dutch vijftigste
- vijftigstethe ordinal form of the number fifty
Esperanto kvindeka
- kvindekathe ordinal form of the number fifty
Estonian viiekümnes
- viiekümnesthe ordinal form of the number fifty
Finnish viideskymmenes, viideskymmenes
- viideskymmenesthe ordinal form of the number fifty
- viideskymmenesthe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- viideskymmenesosaone of fifty equal parts of a whole
French cinquantième, cinquantième
- cinquantièmethe ordinal form of the number fifty
- cinquantièmethe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- cinquantièmeone of fifty equal parts of a whole
German fünfzigste, fünfzigste
- fünfzigstethe ordinal form of the number fifty
- fünfzigstethe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- fünfzigsteone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Greek πεντηκοστός
- πεντηκοστός (pentikostós)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Hindi पचासवाँ, पचासवाँ
- पचासवाँ (pacāsvā̃)the ordinal form of the number fifty
- पचासवाँ (pacāsvā̃)the person or thing in the fiftieth position
- पचासवाँ (pacāsvā̃)one of fifty equal parts of a whole
Hungarian ötvenedik, ötvenedik
- ötvenedikthe ordinal form of the number fifty
- ötvenedikthe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- ötvenedone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Icelandic fimmtugasta
- fimmtugastathe ordinal form of the number fifty
Irish caogadú (abbreviation 50ú)
- caogadú (abbreviation 50ú)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Italian cinquantesimo, cinquantesima
- cinquantesimothe ordinal form of the number fifty
- cinquantesimathe ordinal form of the number fifty
- cinquantesimothe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- cinquantesimoone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Japanese 第五十
- 第五十 (dai go jū)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Korean 쉰째
- 쉰째 (swinjjae)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Latin quīnquāgēsimus
- quīnquāgēsimusthe ordinal form of the number fifty
Latvian piecdesmitais
- piecdesmitaisthe ordinal form of the number fifty
Lithuanian penkiasdešimtas
- penkiasdešimtasthe ordinal form of the number fifty
Malay yg kelima puluh
- yg kelima puluhthe ordinal form of the number fifty
Norwegian Bokmål femtiende
- femtiendethe ordinal form of the number fifty
Persian پنجاهم
- پنجاهم (panjâhom)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Polish pięćdziesiąty
- pięćdziesiątythe ordinal form of the number fifty
Portuguese quinquagésimo, quinquagésimo
- quinquagésimothe ordinal form of the number fifty
- quinquagésimothe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- cinquenta avosone of fifty equal parts of a whole
- quinquagésima parteone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Romanian al cincizecilea
- al cincizecileathe ordinal form of the number fifty
Russian пятидесятый, пятидесятая
- пятидесятый (pjatidesjatyj)the ordinal form of the number fifty
- пятидесятаяone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Slovak päťdesiaty
- päťdesiatythe ordinal form of the number fifty
Spanish quincuagésimo, quincuagésimo
- quincuagésimothe ordinal form of the number fifty
- quincuagésimothe person or thing in the fiftieth position
- cincuentavoone of fifty equal parts of a whole
Swedish femtionde
- femtiondethe ordinal form of the number fifty
Tagalog pang-limampu
- pang-limamputhe ordinal form of the number fifty
Turkish ellinci, ellinci
- ellincithe ordinal form of the number fifty
- ellincithe person or thing in the fiftieth position
Ukrainian п'ятдеся́тий
- п'ятдеся́тий (pʺjatdesjátyj)the ordinal form of the number fifty
Vietnamese thứ năm mươi
- thứ năm mươithe ordinal form of the number fifty
Yiddish פֿופֿציקסט, פֿופֿציקסטל
- פֿופֿציקסט (fuftsikst)the ordinal form of the number fifty
- פֿופֿציקסטל (fuftsikstl)one of fifty equal parts of a whole
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