Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiftyish

/ˈfɪftiɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fifty-ish
IPA: /ˈfɪftiɪʃ/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Approximately fifty, particularly around fifty years old.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz Old English fīftiġ Middle English fifty English fifty Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English fiftyish From fifty + -ish.

Questions

How do you pronounce fiftyish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪftiɪʃ/.
What does fiftyish mean?: Approximately fifty, particularly around fifty years old.
Where does fiftyish come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz Old English fīftiġ Middle English fifty English fifty Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English fiftyish From fifty + -ish.

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