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Definition: Fifty-nine |
Fifty-nineAdjective1. Being nine more than fifty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fifty-nine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: Fifty-nineSynonym: ilx (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fifty-nine |
| Specialty definitions using "fifty-nine": Isidorian Decretals. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Fifty-nine, you're lookin' fine! (Kim Possible; writing credit: Julie DuFine; Madellaine Paxson) | |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Fifty-nine percent had a network of more than 200 units in their country of origin. (references) | |
Travel | Philippines | Thereafter, they may apply for the regular monthly extensions for a maximum stay of one year and fifty-nine days. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fifty-nine" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fifty-nine" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Cardinal Number | 100% | 36 | 57,479 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Date | Source | Numbers Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | DunamiV autou oi epeskemmenoi ennea kai penthkonta ciliadeV kai triakosioi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quinquaginta novem milia trecenti |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And al the oost of his fyyters, that ben noumbred, nyn and fifti thowsynd and thre hundrith. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And his hoste and the nubre of them lix thousande and .iij. hundred |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred. |
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| Language | Numbers Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang iyang panon, ug kadtong mga naisip uban niini, kalim-an ug siyam ka libo ug tolo ka gatus. |
| Croatian | Njegova vojska broji pedeset i devet tisuæa i tri stotine popisanih. |
| Dutch | Zijn heir nu, en zijn getelden waren negen en vijftig duizend en driehonderd. |
| Finnish | hänen osastonsa, katselmuksessa olleet, on viisikymmentäyhdeksän tuhatta kolmesataa miestä. |
| French | et son corps d`armée composé de cinquante-neuf mille trois cents hommes, d`après le dénombrement; |
| German | und sein Heer, zusammen neunundfünfzigtausend dreihundert. |
| Hungarian | Az õ serege pedig, vagyis az õ megszámláltjaik: ötvenkilencz ezer és háromszáz. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun tentaranya, segala orangnya yang dibilang itu, lima laksa sembilan ribu tiga ratus banyaknya. |
| Italian | e la sua formazione è di cinquantanovemilatrecento registrati. |
| Maori | Ko tona ope, ko nga mea o ratou i taua, e rima tekau ma iwa mano e toru rau. |
| Norwegian | og hans hær, så mange av dem som er mønstret, er ni og femti tusen og tre hundre. |
| Portuguese | E o seu exército, os que foram contados deles, era de cinqüenta e nove mil e trezentos. |
| Rumanian | cu owtirea lui, alcqtuitq din cincizeci wi nouq de mii trei sute de oameni, iewiyi la numqrqtoare; |
| Russian | Й ЧПЙОУФЧБ ЕЗП, ЧПЫЕÐ"ЫЙИ Ч ЙУЮЙУМЕОЙЕ ЕЗП, РСФШÐ"ЕУСФ Ð"ЕЧСФШ ФЩУСЮ ФТЙУФБ; |
| Swedish | med de inmönstrade som utgöra hans här, femtionio tusen tre hundra man. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-i-i-n-n-t-y" | |
-3 letters: finite, intine, ninety, tiffin. | |
-4 letters: feint, fenny, fifty, finny, nifty, tinny. | |
-5 letters: fief, fife, fine, iffy, inti, neif, nine, nite, teff, tiff, tine, tiny, tyin, tyne, yeti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-f-i-i-n-n-t-y" | |
+4 letters: indifferently, inefficiently. | |
+5 letters: insufficiently. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 66 74 79 2D 6E 69 6E 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01100110 01110100 01111001 00101101 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i f t y - n i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 0066 0074 0079 002D 006E 0069 006E 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40757286911580758071 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Bible Trace | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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