forty-ninth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  48th	49th	50th  >
Cardinal : forty-nine     Ordinal : forty-ninth

Adjective

forty-ninth

1. The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence.

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

   She finished forty-ninth 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

• 49th, 49^th

Derived terms

• forty-ninth parallel

Translations

ordinal form of forty-nine

• Afrikaans: nege-en-veertigste (af)
• Dutch: negenenveertigste (nl)
• Esperanto: kvardek-naŭa
• Finnish: neljäskymmenesyhdeksäs
• Hungarian: negyvenkilencedik (hu)
• Malayalam: നാല്പത്തൊൻപതാം (nālpattoṉpatāṁ), നാല്പത്തിയൊമ്പതാം (nālpattiyompatāṁ)
• Spanish: cuadragésimo noveno

Noun

forty-ninth (plural forty-ninths)

1. One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole.

   A forty-ninth of 980 is 20.