ninety-ninth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  98th	99th	100th  >
Cardinal : ninety-nine     Ordinal : ninety-ninth

Adjective

ninety-ninth

1. The ordinal form of the number ninety-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 99 of a sequence.

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

   She finished ninety-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.

Abbreviations

• 99th, 99^th

Translations

ordinal form of ninety-nine

• Afrikaans: nege-en-negentigste (af)
• Esperanto: naŭdek-naŭa
• Finnish: yhdeksäskymmenesyhdeksäs
• French: quatre-vingt-dix-neuvième (fr)
• Hungarian: kilencvenkilencedik (hu)
• Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ്റൊമ്പതാം (toṇṇūṟṟompatāṁ), തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയൊമ്പതാം (toṇṇūṟṟiyompatāṁ)
• Polish: dziewięćdziesiąty dziewiąty
• Portuguese: nonagésimo nono
• Russian: девяно́сто девя́тый (devjanósto devjátyj)
• Turkish: doksan dokuzuncu
• Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто дев'я́тий (devʺjanósto devʺjátyj)

Noun

ninety-ninth (plural ninety-ninths)

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

   A ninety-ninth of 1980 is 20.