fifty-fifth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  54th	55th	56th  >
Cardinal : fifty-five     Ordinal : fifty-fifth

Adjective

fifty-fifth

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.

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

   She finished fifty-fifth 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

• 55th, 55^th

Translations

ordinal number

• Afrikaans: vyf-en-vyftigste (af)
• Esperanto: kvindek-kvina
• Finnish: viideskymmenesviides
• French: cinquante-cinquième
• Georgian: ორმოცდამეთხუთმეტე (ormocdametxutmeṭe), 55-ე (55-e)
• German: fünfundfünfzigste
• Hungarian: ötvenötödik (hu)
• Italian: cinquantacinquesimo
• Malayalam: അമ്പത്തഞ്ചാം (ampattañcāṁ)
• Portuguese: quinquagésimo quinto
• Spanish: quincuagésimo quinto
• Swedish: femtiofemte
• Turkish: elli beşinci

Noun

fifty-fifth (plural fifty-fifths)

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

   A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20.