five hundred

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five hundred

  • /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ UK, US
  • /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌn.dɹɪd/ UK, US
  • /ˈfaɪv ˈhʊndɹəd/ Northern England
  • /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌndɾəd/ Scotland, Wales

number 500 · D

  1. The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.

noun five hundreds · 500 · D

  1. countable A note worth 500 units of some currency.

    Similar: monkey

  2. uncountable A trick-taking card game with elements of euchre and bridge. Gallipoli von Kessler asked him if he had thought of playing five hundred, saying that though some people said that five hundred was perhaps a brainier game than crib, he didn’t necessarily agree, but it might be more Rooster’s fancy. It was really bridge without the bad company.

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num cardinal number 500

Españolquinientos
한국어오백 obaek
日本語五百 gohyaku
中文五百 wǔbǎi
हिन्दीपाँच सौ pā̃c sau
Kiswahilimia tano
Portuguêsquinhentos
Françaiscinq cents
Deutschfünfhundert
Italianocinquecento
Ελληνικάπεντακόσια pentakósia
Românăcinci sute
Русскийпятьсо́т pjatʹsót
العربيةخُمْسُمِئَة ḵumsumiʔa, خَمْسُمِا۟ئَة ḵumsumiʔa
עבריתחמש מאות khaméš meót

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@misc{five_hundred_2026,
  title = {five hundred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/five%20hundred},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}