fifty-nine

1. 1.

   being nine more than fifty

   Synonyms59ilx

   Similarcardinal

Questions about fifty-nine

What does fifty-nine mean?

fifty-nine means "being nine more than fifty".

How many syllables are in fifty-nine?

fifty-nine has 3 syllables and divides as fif-ty--nine under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fifty-nine?

Close synonyms include 59, ilx. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.