Meanings
alternative 500 · alternative D
- The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.
plural five hundreds · alternative 500 · alternative D
- uncountablecard gamesA trick-taking card game with elements of euchre and bridge.
Gallipoli von Kessler asked him if he had thought of playing five hundred, saying that though some people said that five hundred was perhaps a brainier game than crib, he didn’t necessarily agree, but it might be more Rooster’s fancy. It was really bridge without the bad company.
2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Chatto & Windus (2014), page 194
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA note worth 500 units of some currency.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans vyfhonderd
- vyfhonderdcardinal number 500
Ancient Greek πεντακόσιοι, φ΄
- πεντακόσιοι (pentakósioi)cardinal number 500
- φ΄cardinal number 500
Arabic خُمْسُمِئَة, خَمْسُمِا۟ئَة
- خُمْسُمِئَة (ḵumsumiʔa)cardinal number 500
- خَمْسُمِا۟ئَة (ḵumsumiʔa)cardinal number 500
Bulgarian петстотин
- петстотин (petstotin)cardinal number 500
Catalan cinc-cents
- cinc-centscardinal number 500
Chinese Mandarin 五百
- 五百 (wǔbǎi)cardinal number 500
Czech pět set
- pět setcardinal number 500
Danish fem hundrede
- fem hundredecardinal number 500
Dutch vijfhonderd
- vijfhonderdcardinal number 500
Esperanto kvincent
- kvincentcardinal number 500
Estonian viissada
- viissadacardinal number 500
Finnish viisisataa
- viisisataacardinal number 500
French cinq cents
- cinq centscardinal number 500
German fünfhundert
- fünfhundertcardinal number 500
Greek πεντακόσια
- πεντακόσια (pentakósia)cardinal number 500
Hebrew חמש מאות
- חמש מאות (khaméš meót)cardinal number 500
Hindi पाँच सौ
- पाँच सौ (pā̃c sau)cardinal number 500
Hungarian ötszáz
- ötszázcardinal number 500
Icelandic fimm hundruð
- fimm hundruðcardinal number 500
Italian cinquecento
- cinquecentocardinal number 500
Japanese 五百
- 五百 (gohyaku)cardinal number 500
Korean 오백
- 오백 (obaek)cardinal number 500
Latin quīngentī
- quīngentīcardinal number 500
Latvian pieci simti, piecsimt
- pieci simticardinal number 500
- piecsimtcardinal number 500
Lithuanian penki šimtai
- penki šimtaicardinal number 500
Malay lima ratus
- lima ratuscardinal number 500
Norwegian fem hundre
- fem hundrecardinal number 500
Persian پانصد
- پانصد (pânsad)cardinal number 500
Polish pięćset
- pięćsetcardinal number 500
Portuguese quinhentos
- quinhentoscardinal number 500
Romanian cinci sute
- cinci sutecardinal number 500
Russian пятьсо́т
- пятьсо́т (pjatʹsót)cardinal number 500
Slovak päťsto
- päťstocardinal number 500
Spanish quinientos
- quinientoscardinal number 500
Swahili mia tano
- mia tanocardinal number 500
Swedish femhundra, fem hundra
- femhundracardinal number 500
- fem hundracardinal number 500
Tagalog limang daan
- limang daancardinal number 500
Tamil ஐந்நூறு
- ஐந்நூறு (ainnūṟu)cardinal number 500
Thai ห้าร้อย
- ห้าร้อย (hâa-rɔ́ɔi)cardinal number 500
Turkish beş yüz
- beş yüzcardinal number 500
Ukrainian п'ятсо́т
- п'ятсо́т (pʺjatsót)cardinal number 500
Welsh pum cant
- pum cantcardinal number 500
Cite this entry
five hundred. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five%20hundred
“five hundred.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five%20hundred. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “five hundred,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/five%20hundred.
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