"fortysomething" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fortysomethings [plural]
Etymology: From forty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|forty|something}} forty + -something Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fortysomething (countable and uncountable, plural fortysomethings)
  1. (countable, colloquial) A person between 40 and 49 years old. Tags: colloquial, countable Categories (topical): Age, Forty, People Synonyms: quadragenarian Translations (A person between 40 and 49 years in age): čtyřicátník [masculine] (Czech), nelikymppinen (Finnish), quadragénaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Vierzigjähriger [masculine] (German), Vierzigjährige [feminine] (German), negyvenes (Hungarian), 四十代 (yonjūdai) (Japanese), i førtiåra (Norwegian), i førtiårene (Norwegian), czterdziestolatek [masculine] (Polish), czterdziestolatka [feminine] (Polish), cuarentón [masculine] (Spanish), cuarentañero [masculine] (Spanish), cuadragenario [masculine] (Spanish), apatnapuin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-fortysomething-en-noun-ZUvPJgXQ Disambiguation of Age: 98 2 Disambiguation of Forty: 93 7 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: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -something: 91 9 Coordinate_terms: teen (13–19), vicenarian (20–29), twentysomething (20–29), tricenarian (30–39), thirtysomething (30–39), quinquagenarian (50–59), semicentenarian (50–59), fiftysomething (50–59), 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: forty-something

Numeral

Etymology: From forty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|forty|something}} forty + -something Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} fortysomething
  1. (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 40 (inclusive) and 50 (exclusive). Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-fortysomething-en-num-ue0xCbZU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forty-something

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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