фифти-фифти

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Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English fifty-fifty.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: фиф‧ти‧фиф-ти

Adverb

фи́фти-фи́фти (fífti-fífti)

  1. (colloquial, rare) fifty-fifty

References

  • фифти-фифти” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
  • фифти-фифти”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎ (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 64

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English fifty-fifty.

Pronunciation

Adverb

фи́фти-фи́фти (fífti-fífti)

  1. (colloquial, usually as a predicative) fifty-fifty (equally split or involving equal likelihoods)
    Synonyms: (partial) по́ровну (pórovnu), (partial) попола́м (popolám), пятьдеся́т на пятьдеся́т (pjatʹdesját na pjatʹdesját)
    Мы де́лим фи́фти-фи́фти, то есть 50 проце́нтов твои́, 50 проце́нтов мои́.My délim fífti-fífti, to jestʹ 50 procéntov tvoí, 50 procéntov moí.We divide it fifty-fifty, so you get 50%, and I get 50%.
    Он мо́жет пройти́ их в пе́рвом ра́унде, но тут фи́фти-фи́фти.On móžet projtí ix v pérvom ráunde, no tut fífti-fífti.He might get through them in the first round, but it's fifty-fifty.
  2. (colloquial) not great, not very well, mediocre(ly), middling(ly)
    Synonyms: посре́дственно (posrédstvenno), сре́дне (srédne), сре́дненько (srédnenʹko), та́к себе (ták sebe)
    Как ты? — Фи́фти-фи́фти.
    — Kak ty? — Fífti-fífti.
    — How are you? — Not the best.
    Они́ говоря́т по-англи́йски фи́фти-фи́фти.Oní govorját po-anglíjski fífti-fífti.They don't speak English very well.
  3. (colloquial) kind of, sort of, to some extent, a little, not much, not particularly
    Synonyms: в како́й-то сте́пени (v kakój-to stépeni), немно́го (nemnógo)
    Хо́чешь присоедини́ться? — Фи́фти-фи́фти.
    — Xóčešʹ prisojedinítʹsja? — Fífti-fífti.
    — Do you want to join? — Maybe.

Noun

фи́фти-фи́фти (fífti-fíftim inan (indeclinable)

  1. (skateboarding) 50-50 grind
  2. (snowboarding) 50-50 slide