fifty-sixth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  55th	56th	57th  >
Cardinal : fifty-six     Ordinal : fifty-sixth

Adjective

fifty-sixth

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.

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

   She finished fifty-sixth 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

• 56th, 56^th

Translations

ordinal number

• Afrikaans: ses-en-vyftigste (af)
• Esperanto: kvindek-sesa
• Finnish: viideskymmeneskuudes
• French: cinquante-sixième
• Georgian: ორმოცდამეთექვსმეტე (ormocdametekvsmeṭe)
• German: sechsundfünfzigste
• Hungarian: ötvenhatodik (hu)
• Italian: cinquantaseiesimo
• Malayalam: അമ്പത്താറാം (ampattāṟāṁ)
• Portuguese: quinquagésimo sexto
• Romanian: al cincizeci și șaselea m or n, a cincizeci și șasea f
• Spanish: quincuagésimo sexto
• Swedish: femtiosjätte
• Turkish: elli altıncı

Noun

fifty-sixth (plural fifty-sixths)

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

   A fifty-sixth of 1120 is 20.

Translations

one of 56 equal parts

• Finnish: viideskymmeneskuudesosa

Anagrams

• sixty-fifth