femtioelva
Swedish
Alternative forms
- femtielva, femtioelfva (archaic)
Etymology
femtio (“fifty”) + elva (“eleven”)
Adjective
femtioelva (not comparable)
- umpteen; of a large but unspecified number
- 1866, Carl Henrik Rydberg, Ur Kapten Puffs språklåda., page 59:
- Eller gingen I ut till att se ett nationalmuseum, som efter elfva år ännu icke blifvit färdigt till yttermurarna, men som efter ytterligare femtioelfva år bör bli en ypperlig universitetsbyggnad?
- Or did you go out to see a national museum, which after eleven years has not yet been completed to the outer walls, but which after another umpteen years should become an excellent university building?
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See also
- femtioelfte (“umpteenth”)
References
- femtioelva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)