fifty-sixth

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EnglishEdit

English ordinal numbers

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

NumeralEdit

fifty-sixth

1. (ordinal) 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 notesEdit

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

AbbreviationsEdit

• 56th, 56^th

TranslationsEdit

ordinal number

• French: cinquante-sixième
• German: sechsundfünfzigste
• Hungarian: ötvenhatodik (hu)
• Italian: cinquantaseiesimo

• Portuguese: quinquagésimo sexto
• Romanian: al cincizeci și șaselea m, n, a cincizeci și șasea f
• Spanish: quincuagésimo sexto
• Turkish: elli altıncı

NounEdit

fifty-sixth (plural fifty-sixths)

1. (fractional) One of fifty-six equal parts of a whole.

   A fifty-sixth of 1120 is 20.

AnagramsEdit

• sixty-fifth