| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| around fifty | adj | (approximately fifty in number) | une cinquantaine (de) nf |
| There were around fifty different tables at the job fair. |
| Il y avait une cinquantaine de stands au Salon du Livre. |
| around fifty | adj | (approximately fifty years old) | environ cinquante ans |
| Interest in fast cars begins to decline around fifty. |
| Mon patron a environ cinquante ans. |
| | | vers la cinquantaine, aux abords de la cinquantaine |
| L'intérêt pour les voitures de course commence à décliner vers la cinquantaine. |
| fifty miles | | | cinquante miles |
| fifty one | n | (cardinal number: 51) | cinquante et un nm |
| He counted to fifty-one, and then suddenly stopped. |
| Fifty-one is a prime number. |
| Il habite au cinquante et un, plus loin dans cette rue. |
| | nouvelle orthographe de 1990 | cinquante-et-un nm |
| fifty percent | n | (half) | cinquante pour cent nm |
| Six of one, half a dozen of the other; they're both fifty percent. |
| Il y a cinquante pour cent de chances que l'orage passe au-dessus de la ville. |
| fifty three | n | (cardinal number: 53) | cinquante-trois nm |
| fifty three | adj | (53 of sth) | cinquante-trois adj |
| fifty three | n | (53 years old) | 53 ans |
| When I was 53 the Wall between the two Germanies had already come down. |
| Mon père a cinquante-trois ans. |
| fifty year old, fifty-year-old | n | (person who is fifty years in age) | de cinquante ans loc adj |
| Note: hyphens used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Un homme de cinquante ans a été arrêté pour exhibitionnisme. |
| | | quinquagénaire nm |
| J'ai cinquante ans, je suis un quinquagénaire. |
| fifty-eight, fifty eight | adj | (58: of sth) | cinquante-huit adj card |
| Note: hyphen omitted when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| Mon père possède cinquante-huit chèvres et vingt-cinq vaches. |
| fifty-eighth | adj | (58th in a series) | cinquante-huitième adj n ord |
| fifty-eighth | adv | (in 58th place) | cinquante-huitième |
| fifty-eighth | adj | (placed 58th in a competition) | cinquante-huitième adj n ord |
| Je suis arrivée cinquante-huitième au marathon de Paris : c'est génial ! |
| fifty-eighth | n | (fraction: 58th part) | cinquante-huitième nm |
| fifty-fifth | adj | (55th in a series) | cinquante-cinquième adj n ord |
| fifty-fifth | adv | (in 55th place) | cinquante-cinquième |
| fifty-fifth | adj | (placed 55th in a competition) | cinquante-cinquième adj n ord |
| Je suis arrivée cinquante-cinquième au marathon de Paris : c'est génial ! |
| fifty-fifth | n | (fraction: 55th part) | cinquante-cinquième nm |
| fifty-fifty | adv | (equally between two) | moitié-moitié adv |
| Going Dutch means that we split the check fifty-fifty. |
| | argot | moite-moite adv |
| Hum, il a l'air bon ton pan bagnat... Ça te dirait pas de faire moite-moite ? |
| | anglicisme, fam | fifty-fifty adv |
| fifty-first, fifty first | adj | (ordinal number: 51) nouvelle orthographe de 1990 | cinquante-et-unième adj ord |
| Note: hyphen omitted when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| Jacqueline et Désiré ont fêté leur cinquante-et-unième anniversaire de mariage. |
| | | cinquante et unième adj ord |
| Jacqueline et Désiré ont fêté leur cinquante et unième anniversaire de mariage. |
| fifty-five | n | (cardinal number: 55) | cinquante-cinq nm inv |
| fifty-five | adj | (55 of sth) | cinquante-cinq adj n card |
| fifty-five | adj | (55 years old) | cinquante-cinq ans nmpl |
| Ma mère a cinquante-cinq ans. |
| | | âgé de cinquante-cinq ans adj |
| fifty-four, fifty four | adj | (54: of sth) | cinquante-quatre adj card |
| Note: hyphen omitted when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| Mon père possède cinquante-quatre chèvres et vingt-cinq vaches. |
| fifty-fourth | adj | (54th in a series) | cinquante-quatrième adj n ord |
| Romania is the fifty-fourth largest country in the world in terms of population. |
| fifty-fourth | adv | (in 54th place) | cinquante-quatrième |
| fifty-fourth | adv | (placed 54th in a competition) | cinquante-quatrième |
| Je suis arrivée cinquante-cinquième au marathon de Paris : c'est génial ! |
| fifty-fourth | n | (fraction: 54th part) | cinquante-quatrième nm |
| A 54th is the same as 1.85%. |
| fifty-mile | | | cinquante miles adj |
| fifty-nine | n | (cardinal number: 59) | cinquante-neuf nm inv |
| Carla drew a beautiful fifty-nine on her grandfather's birthday card. |
| Carla a dessiné un beau cinquante-neuf sur la carte d'anniversaire de son grand-père. |
| fifty-nine | adj | (59 of sth) | cinquante-neuf adj n card |
| There were fifty-nine variations of the old poem. |
| Il y avait cinquante-neuf versions de ce vieux poème. |
| fifty-nine | adj | (59 years old) | cinquante-neuf ans nmpl |
| Ma mère a cinquante-neuf ans. |
| fifty-ninth | adj | (59th in a series) | cinquante-neuvième adj n ord |
| I'm staying on the 59th floor of the hotel. |
| This must be the fifth-ninth time I've tried call and the number is always busy. |
| Je suis au cinquante-neuvième étage de cet hôtel. |
| fifty-ninth | adv | (in 59th place) | cinquante-neuvième |
| Poor Sally was only 59th in her class; I don't think she will win a prize this year. |
| fifty-ninth | adv | (placed 59th in a competition) | cinquante-neuvième |
| She was not happy with placing fifth-ninth in the art contest. |
| Elle n'était pas contente de n'être arrivée que cinquante-neuvième au concours de dessin. |
| fifty-ninth | n | (fraction: 59th part) | cinquante-neuvième nm |
| When the company bonus fund was divided equally among the team, his fifty-ninth share seemed small. |
| fifty-one, fifty one | adj | (51: of sth) nouvelle orthographe de 1990 | cinquante-et-un adj card |
| Note: hyphen omitted when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| Mon père possède cinquante-et-une chèvres et vingt-cinq vaches. |
| | | cinquante et un adj card |
| Mon père possède cinquante et une chèvres et vingt-cinq vaches. |
| fifty-second | adj | (ordinal number: 52) | cinquante-deuxième adj ord |
| Jacqueline et Désiré ont fêté leur cinquante-deuxième anniversaire de mariage. |
| fifty-second | adj | (of 50 seconds' duration) | de cinquante secondes loc adj |
| Runners can go far in a fifty-second sprint. |
| Les coureurs peuvent aller loin s'ils font un sprint de cinquante secondes. |
| fifty-seven | n | (cardinal number: 57) | cinquante-sept nm inv |
| fifty-seven | adj | (57 of sth) | cinquante-sept adj n card |
| I have fifty-seven pieces of candy, but I am not going to give you any. |
| J'ai cinquante-sept bonbons, mais je ne vais pas t'en donner. |
| fifty-seven | adj | (57 years old) | cinquante-sept ans nmpl |
| Ma mère a cinquante-sept ans. |
| | | âgé de cinquante-sept ans adj |
| fifty-seventh | adj | (57th in a series) | cinquante-septième adj n ord |
| fifty-seventh | adv | (in 57th place) | cinquante-septième |
| fifty-seventh | adv | (placed 57th in a competition) | cinquante-septième |
| Je suis arrivée cinquante-septième au marathon de Paris : c'est génial ! |
| fifty-seventh | n | (fraction: 57th part) | cinquante-septième nm |
| fifty-six | n | (cardinal number: 56) | cinquante-six nm inv |
| fifty-six | adj | (56 of sth) | cinquante-six adj n card |
| There are fifty-six cars in the parking lot. |
| Il y a cinquante-six voitures dans le parking. |
| fifty-six | adj | (56 years old) | cinquante-six ans nmpl |
| Ma mère a cinquante-six ans. |
| fifty-sixth | adj | (56th in a series) | cinquante-sixième adj n ord |
| fifty-sixth | adv | (in 56th place) | cinquante-sixième |
| fifty-sixth | adj | (placed 56th in a competition) | cinquante-sixième |
| Je suis arrivée cinquante-sixième au marathon de Paris : c'est génial ! |
| fifty-sixth | n | (fraction: 56th part) | cinquante-sixième nm |
| fifty-third | adj | (53rd in a series) | cinquante-troisième adj n ord |
| fifty-third | adv | (in 53rd place) | cinquante-troisième |
| fifty-third | adj | (placed 53rd in a competition) | cinquante-troisième |
| Je suis arrivée cinquante-troisième au marathon de Paris : c'est génial ! |
| fifty-third | n | (fraction: 53rd part) | cinquante-troisième nm |
| fifty-three | n | (cardinal number: 53) | cinquante-trois nm inv |
| fifty-three | adj | (53 of sth) | cinquante-trois adj n card |
| fifty-three | adj | (53 years old) | cinquante-trois ans nmpl |
| They whole family came to celebrate when he turned fifty-three. |
| Ma mère a cinquante-trois ans. |
| fifty-two, fifty two | adj | (52: of sth) | cinquante-deux adj card |
| Note: hyphen omitted when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| Mon père possède cinquante-deux chèvres et vingt-cinq vaches. |
| fifty-year | | | cinquante ans |
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