"fiftysomething" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fiftysomethings [plural]
Etymology: From fifty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fifty|something}} fifty + -something Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fiftysomething (countable and uncountable, plural fiftysomethings)
  1. (countable, colloquial) A person between 50 and 59 years old. Tags: colloquial, countable Categories (topical): Age, Fifty, People Synonyms: quinquagenarian, semicentenarian, quinquagenary Translations: padesátník [masculine] (Czech), padesátnice [feminine] (Czech), quinquagénaire (French), ötvenes (Hungarian), pięćdziesięciolatek [masculine] (Polish), pięćdziesięciolatka [feminine] (Polish), quincuagenario [masculine] (Spanish), lilimampuin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-fiftysomething-en-noun-b-bycMua Disambiguation of Age: 98 2 Disambiguation of Fifty: 97 3 Disambiguation of People: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -something Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -something: 95 5 Coordinate_terms: teen (13–19), vicenarian (20–29), twentysomething (20–29), tricenarian (30–39), thirtysomething (30–39), quadragenarian (40–49), fortysomething (40–49), sexagenarian (60–69), sixtysomething (60–69), septuagenarian (70–79), seventysomething (70–79), octogenarian (80–89), eightysomething (80–89), nonagenarian (90–99), ninetysomething (90–99), centenarian (100–199), semisupercentenarian (105–109), supercentenarian (110+)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fifty-something

Numeral

Etymology: From fifty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fifty|something}} fifty + -something Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} fiftysomething
  1. (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 50 (inclusive) and 60 (exclusive). Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-fiftysomething-en-num-jg66qRpm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fifty-something

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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