Fiftyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• fiftie (obsolete)
• fitty, fiddy (slang)

語源

From 中期英語 fifty, from 古期英語 fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“five tens”). By surface analysis, five +‎ -ty.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fĭf'tē, IPA: /ˈfɪfti/
• 韻: -ɪfti
• ハイフネーション: fif‧ty

数詞

fifty

1. The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
   • 2017 April 17, Rachel Monroe, “#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement”, in The New Yorker‎, archived from the original on 4 August 2017:

     Accounts with between fifty thousand and two hundred thousand followers are considered “microinfluencers,” and tend to have higher engagement rates—that is, a larger share of their followers like, favorite, or comment on their posts—than those with millions of followers.

同意語

• 50 (Arabic numeral); L (Roman numeral); fivety (proscribed)

派生語

参考

• Last: forty-nine, forty
• Next: fifty-one, sixty

名詞

fifty (plural fifties)

1. (countable) A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.

   Do you want small bills or are fifties OK?

   • 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:

     ‘If you shoot him I’ll give you fifty pounds.’
     ‘All right!’ The driver laughed. ‘I’ll do my best to earn that fifty!’

2. (cricket) A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs.

アナグラム

• Tiffy, tiffy

別の表記

• fifftiȝ, fifte, fifti, fyffty, fyfty

語源

From 古期英語 fīftiġ, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz; equivalent to five +‎ -ty.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfiftiː/, (rare) /ˈfiːftiː/

数詞

fifty

1. fifty

派生した語

• English: fifty
• Scots: fifty, fyfty

参照

• “fiftī, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.