eighty-eighth

eighty-eighth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  87th	88th	89th  >
Cardinal : eighty-eight     Ordinal : eighty-eighth

Adjective

eighty-eighth

1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 88 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book.

   She finished eighty-eighth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Synonyms

• 88th, 88^th

Translations

ordinal form of eighty-eight

Esperanto: okdek-oka Finnish: kahdeksaskymmeneskahdeksas Malayalam: എൺപത്തിയെട്ടാം (eṇpattiyeṭṭāṃ), എൺപത്തെട്ടാം (eṇpatteṭṭāṃ)

Noun

eighty-eighth (plural eighty-eighths)

1. One of eighty-eight equal parts of a whole.

   An eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20.