cinquentenário

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cinquenta +‎ -ário by analogy with centenário.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.kwẽ.teˈna.ɾi.u/ [sĩ.kwẽ.teˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /sĩ.kwẽ.teˈna.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.kwẽ.teˈna.ɾi.o/ [sĩ.kwẽ.teˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /sĩ.kwẽ.teˈna.ɾjo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.kwẽ.tɨˈna.ɾju/

  • Hyphenation: cin‧quen‧te‧ná‧ri‧o

Adjective

cinquentenário (feminine cinquentenária, masculine plural cinquentenários, feminine plural cinquentenárias)

  1. semicentennial (relating to the fiftieth anniversary of an event or happening)
    Synonyms: quinquagenário, semicentenário
  2. semicentenarian (aged 50 years or more)
    Synonyms: quinquagenário, semicentenário

Noun

cinquentenário m (plural cinquentenários, feminine cinquentenária, feminine plural cinquentenárias)

  1. semicentennial, semicentenary (the fiftieth anniversary of an event or happening)
    Synonyms: quinquagenário, semicentenário
  2. semicentenarian (fifty-year-old)
    Synonyms: quinquagenário, semicentenário
    Hypernym: cinquentão

See also

  • quincentenário

Further reading

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