fifties

fifties

English

Alternative forms

• (of the decade) 'fifties

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪftiz/

Noun

fifties

1. plural of fifty

fifties pl (plural only)

1. The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.
2. The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.

Synonyms

• 1950s, '50s, 50s

Translations

The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.

Danish: halvtredserne Dutch: jaren vijftig n pl, jaren 50 n pl, jaren 1950 n pl Finnish: viisikymmentäluku French: années cinquante f pl, années 50 f pl German: fünfziger Jahre n pl, Fünfziger (de) pl Hungarian: ötvenes évek Irish: caogaidí m pl

Japanese: 五十年代 (gojūnendai), 50年代 (gojūnendai) Korean: 50년대 (osimnyeondae) Norwegian: Bokmål: 1950-tallet n Polish: lata pięćdziesiąte pl, lata 50. pl Swedish: femtiotalet n, femtiotal (sv) n

See also

decades in English (edit)

21st century	2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
20th century	1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
19th century	1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
18th century	1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
Decade only	00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
	'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
	00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
	aughts/noughties/oughts · oneties/tens/teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Nicknames	Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Swinging Sixties · Dirty Thirties · Roaring Twenties

• quinquagenarian

Anagrams

• Tiffies, iffiest, stiffie