cinquante

See also: cinquantè and chînquante

French

French numbers ^(edit)

		500[a], [b]
←  40	←  49	50	51  → [a], [b]	60  →
		5
Cardinal: cinquante     Ordinal: cinquantième     Ordinal abbreviation: 50e, (now nonstandard) 50ème
French Wikipedia article on 50

Etymology

From Old French cinquante, from Latin cīnquāgintā.

Pronunciation

• (Belgium, France) IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.kɑ̃t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sẽ.kãt/, /sãẽ̯.kãt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

Numeral

cinquante (invariable)

1. fifty

Related terms

• cinq

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: senkant
• Louisiana Creole: sinkant

Further reading

• “cinquante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• chinquante (northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīnquāgintā.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /t͡sinˈk(w)antə/, (northern) /t͡ʃ-/
• (late) IPA^(key): /sinˈk(w)antə/, (northern) /ʃ-/

Numeral

cardinal number

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cinquante

1. fifty

Related terms

• cinc

Descendants

• French: cinquante
• Norman: chînquante
• Walloon: céncwante