cinquante French · revision 17669

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la quīnquāgintā}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Belgium, France): /sɛ̃.kɑ̃t/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Canada): /sẽ.kãt/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Canada): /sãẽ̯.kãt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cinquante''' (invariable)^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|cinquante]], [[inh|la-vul|cīnquāgintā]], a form found in inscriptions, from Classical Latin [[m|la|quīnquāgintā|t=fifty]] by regressive dissimilation.^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|2, 1479b) The Latin numeral is related to [[m|la|quīnque|t=five]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ Cognate with [[it|cinquanta]], [[pro|cinquanta]], [[ca|cinquanta]], [[es|cincuenta]] and [[pt|cinquenta|alt=cincoenta]].^(REW 1935)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) it is a cardinal number: ''Cinquante chars qu'en fera charier''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ By extension it is used for a large number, as in ''cinquante fois'' “often”, found about 1268.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The noun use, the number fifty, dates from 1585, and the Académie records the ordinal use (''page cinquante'') in 1835.^(TLFi) Derivatives include [[cinquantaine]] and [[cinquantième]] (13th century) and [[cinquantenaire]] (1872), formed after [[centenaire]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – In the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1268 – ''Cinquante fois'' “often”.^(TLFi)

+ * 13th century – ''Cinquantaine'' and ''cinquantième''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1585 – The noun, in Noël du Fail.^(TLFi)

+ * 1835 – The ordinal use, recorded by the Académie.^(TLFi)

+ * 1872 – ''Cinquantenaire''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # [[m|en|fifty|alt=Fifty]]: ''cinquante pages''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An indefinite large number: ''je ne vous le répéterai pas cinquante fois''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(ordinal)'' Fiftieth: ''page cinquante'', ''les années cinquante''.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The number fifty or the figure 50, ''cinquante pour cent'', half.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cinquantaine]]

+ * [[cinquantième]]

+ * [[cinquantenaire]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cinq]]

+ * [[quinquagénaire]]

+ * [[la|quīnquāgintā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}