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Fifty
Pronunciation : Fif"ty
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. fiftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzug, G. f?nfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.]
Definition : Defn: Five times ten; as, fifty men.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Fif"ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.
2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.
pl. Fifties (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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