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● fifty-fifty, fifty-fifties nom masculin (de fifty-fifty) Yacht de croisière sur lequel les moteurs et la voilure ont une importance égale.
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fifty-fifty — [ fiftififti ] loc. adv. et n. m. • 1928; angl. « cinquante (pour cent) cinquante (pour cent) » ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Loc. adv. Fam. Moitié moitié. Partager fifty fifty. 2 ♦ N. m. Yacht de croisière pouvant marcher à la voile ou au moteur. Des fifty… … Encyclopédie Universelle
fifty — [fif′tē] adj. [ME fifti < OE fiftig: see FIVE & TY2] five times ten n. pl. fifties the cardinal number between forty nine and fifty one; 50; L the fifties the numbers or years, as of a century, from fifty through fifty nine … English World dictionary
Fifties — Fifty Fif ty, n.; pl. {Fifties}. 1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fifties — 1826 as the years of someone s life between 50 and 59; 1853 as a decade of years in a given century. See FIFTY (Cf. fifty) … Etymology dictionary
Fifty — Fif ty, n.; pl. {Fifties}. 1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fifty — ► CARDINAL NUMBER (pl. fifties) ▪ ten less than sixty; 50. (Roman numeral: l or L.) DERIVATIVES fiftieth ordinal number. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
fifty — fif|ty [ˈfıfti] number, n [: Old English; Origin: fiftig, from fif five ] 1.) the number 50 2.) the fifties [plural] also the 50s the 1950s the years between 1950 and 1959 ▪ Standards of living rose in the fifties. the early … Dictionary of contemporary English
fifty number — 1 50 2 the fifties a) the years between 1950 and 1959: Standards of living rose in the fifties. b) the numbers between 50 and 59: especially when used to measure temperature: sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties 3 be in your fifties to be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fifty — /fif tee/, n., pl. fifties, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, ten times five. 2. a symbol for this number, as 50 or L. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. fifties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 50 through 59, as in referring… … Universalium
fifty — [[t]fɪ̱fti[/t]] ♦ fifties 1) NUM Fifty is the number 50. 2) N PLURAL When you talk about the fifties, you are referring to numbers between 50 and 59. For example, if you are in your fifties, you are aged between 50 and 59. If the temperature is… … English dictionary
