fifty-third

fifty-third

English

English ordinal numbers

<  52nd	53rd	54th  >
Cardinal : fifty-three     Ordinal : fifty-third

Adjective

fifty-third

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 53 of a sequence.

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

   She finished fifty-third 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

• 53rd, 53^rd

Translations

ordinal number

Esperanto: kvindek-tria Finnish: viideskymmeneskolmas French: cinquante-troisième Georgian: ორმოცდამეცამეტე (ormocdamecameṭe), 53-ე (53-e) German: dreiundfünfzigste Hungarian: ötvenharmadik (hu) Italian: cinquantatreesimo Malayalam: അമ്പത്തിമൂന്നാം (ampattimūnnāṃ) Portuguese: quinquagésimo terceiro Spanish: quincuagésimo tercero Turkish: elli üçüncü

Noun

fifty-third (plural fifty-thirds)

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

   A fifty-third of 1060 is 20.