seventy-third

English

English ordinal numbers

<  72nd	73rd	74th  >
Cardinal : seventy-three     Ordinal : seventy-third

Adjective

seventy-third

1. The ordinal form of the number seventy-three, describing a person or thing in position number 73 of a sequence.

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

   She finished seventy-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.

Abbreviations

• 73rd, 73^rd

Translations

ordinal form of seventy-three

• Afrikaans: drie-en-sewentigste (af)
• Esperanto: sepdek-tria
• Finnish: seitsemäskymmeneskolmas
• Malayalam: എഴുപത്തിമൂന്നാം (eḻupattimūnnāṁ)

Noun

seventy-third (plural seventy-thirds)

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

   A seventy-third of 1460 is 20.

Translations

one of 73 equal parts

• Finnish: seitsemäskymmeneskolmasosa