fifty-fifth

fifty-fifth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  54th	55th	56th  >
Cardinal : fifty-five     Ordinal : fifty-fifth

Adjective

fifty-fifth

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the fifty-fifth page of the book.

   She finished fifty-fifth 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

• 55th, 55^th

Translations

ordinal number

Esperanto: kvindek-kvina Finnish: viideskymmenesviides French: cinquante-cinquième Georgian: ორმოცდამეთხუთმეტე (ormocdametxutmeṭe), 55-ე (55-e) German: fünfundfünfzigste Hungarian: ötvenötödik (hu) Italian: cinquantacinquesimo Malayalam: അമ്പത്തഞ്ചാം (ampattañcāṃ) Portuguese: quinquagésimo quinto Spanish: quincuagésimo quinto Swedish: femtiofemte Turkish: elli beşinci

Noun

fifty-fifth (plural fifty-fifths)

1. One of fifty-five equal parts of a whole.

   A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20.