Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nineteen-fifties

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: nine-teen--fifties
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of 1950s.

Example Sentences

"In the nineteen-fifties, the height of aspirational style was fine French furniture—F.F.F., as it became known in certain precincts of Fifth Avenue and Palm Beach."
"The nineteen-fifties was also a time when literary publishers were frequently indicted for obscenity."

Questions

What does nineteen-fifties mean?: Alternative form of 1950s.

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