forty-second

forty-second

English

English ordinal numbers

<  41th	42st	43nd  >
Cardinal : forty-two     Ordinal : forty-second

Numeral

forty-second

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number forty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 42 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the forty-second page of the book.

   She finished forty-second in the race.

2. Lasting forty seconds.

Usage notes

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

Abbreviations

• 42nd, 42^nd

Translations

ordinal form of forty-two

Esperanto: kvardek-dua

Finnish: neljäskymmenestoinen, neljäskymmeneskahdes

Noun

forty-second (plural forty-seconds)

1. (fractional) One of forty-two equal parts of a whole.

   A forty-second of 840 is 20.