cinquantaine

cinquantaine [sɛ̃kɑ̃tεn]

feminine noun

about fifty

• il a la cinquantaine he's about fifty

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sɛ̃kɑ̃tɛn

nom féminin about fifty

avoir une cinquantaine d'années — to be about fifty

la cinquantaine de passagers qui attendaient — the fifty or so passengers who were waiting

une bonne cinquantaine — well over fifty

nous étions plus d'une cinquantaine — there were more than fifty of us

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sɛ̃kɑ̃tɛn nf

une cinquantaine — about fifty

une cinquantaine de — about fifty

Il y avait une cinquantaine de personnes. — There were about fifty people there.

avoir la cinquantaine (âge) — to be in one's fifties, to be about fifty

Il a la cinquantaine. — He's about fifty.

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cinquantaine nf

1 (environ cinquante) about fifty; une cinquantaine d'étudiants manifestaient fifty or so students were demonstrating, about fifty students were demonstrating; avoir une cinquantaine d'années to be about fifty; la cinquantaine de passagers qui attendaient the fifty or so passengers who were waiting; il y en a une bonne cinquantaine there are well over fifty of them; il y a une cinquantaine d'années about fifty years ago; nous étions une cinquantaine/plus d'une cinquantaine there were about fifty of us/more than fifty of us; il faut compter une cinquantaine d’euros it's going to cost around fifty euros;

2 (âge) avoir la cinquantaine to be about fifty, to be fiftyish○; approcher de la cinquantaine to be getting on for fifty; Bernard, la cinquantaine bedonnante, est employé de bureau Bernard, fifty and pot-bellied, works in an office.

[sɛ̃kɑ̃tɛn] nom féminin

1. [nombre]

une cinquantaine de voitures fifty or so cars, about fifty cars

2. [d'objets] (lot of) fifty

3. [âge] fifty

il frise la cinquantaine he's nearly fifty

il a la cinquantaine bien sonnée he's well into his fifties