фифти-фифти

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English fifty-fifty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfifti ˈfifti]
• 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) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• “фифти-фифти”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 64

Russian

Alternative forms

• 50/50 — more common

Etymology

Borrowed from English fifty-fifty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌfʲiftʲɪ ˈfʲiftʲɪ]

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-fífti) m inan (indeclinable)

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