"cinquantaine" meaning in French

See cinquantaine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn/ Forms: cinquantaines [plural]
Etymology: From cinquante + -aine. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|cinquante|-aine}} cinquante + -aine Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cinquantaine f (plural cinquantaines)
  1. about 50, 50 or so Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cinquantaine-fr-noun-4IIsqqds
  2. one's fifties (period of life between ages 50 and 59) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cinquantaine-fr-noun-fKDzvddT Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -aine, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -aine: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: centaine, dizaine, douzaine, huitaine, quarantaine, quinzaine, soixantaine, trentaine, vingtaine

Inflected forms

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