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noun, feminine

cinquantaine

/sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn/

noun, feminine/sɛ̃.kɑ̃.tɛn/plural: cinquantaines

about 50, 50 or so; one's fifties (period of life between ages 50 and 59)

un homme dans la cinquantainea man in his fifties

From cinquante + -aine.