numeral

fifty

fifty

My grandmother is fifty years old.

My grandmother is fifty years old.

The ticket costs fifty dollars.

The ticket costs fifty dollars.

((+ noun)) used as a determiner before a noun. She paid fifty dollars for the shoes.

Synonyms: 50

From Old English 'fīftig', meaning 'fīf' (five) + '-tig' (a group of ten).

The suffix '-ty' means 'tens' (twenty, thirty...). So fifty is 'five-tens'.

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