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πενήντα
fifty /peˈninda/
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Example sentences
Είμαι πενήντα χρονών.
I am fifty years old.
Έχω πενήντα ευρώ στην τσέπη μου.
I have fifty euros in my pocket.
Το μαγαζί είναι πενήντα μέτρα από εδώ.
The store is fifty meters from here.
Ο παππούς μου γιόρτασε τα πενήντα χρόνια γάμου του.
My grandfather celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Η εταιρεία προσέλαβε πενήντα νέους υπαλλήλους μέσα σε έναν χρόνο.
The company hired fifty new employees within a year.
Πάνω από πενήντα τοις εκατό των πολιτών ψήφισαν υπέρ της πρότασης, παρά τις αντιδράσεις.
Over fifty percent of citizens voted in favor of the proposal, despite the objections.
Word family
Etymology
Πενήντα descends from Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentēkonta), a compound of πέντε (five) and the tens-forming element -κοντα. Over time the middle syllables wore down in spoken Greek, giving the modern form. The same five-based root shows up across the Greek number system, from πέντε itself to δεκαπέντε (fifteen).
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