ninety-eighth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  97th	98th	99th  >
Cardinal : ninety-eight     Ordinal : ninety-eighth

Adjective

ninety-eighth

1. The ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.

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

   She finished ninety-eighth 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

• 98th, 98^th

Translations

ordinal form of ninety-eight

• Afrikaans: agt-en-negentigste (af)
• Esperanto: naŭdek-oka
• Finnish: yhdeksäskymmeneskahdeksas
• French: quatre-vingt-dix-huitième
• Hungarian: kilencvennyolcadik (hu)
• Malayalam: തൊണ്ണൂറ്റെട്ടാം (toṇṇūṟṟeṭṭāṁ), തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയെട്ടാം (toṇṇūṟṟiyeṭṭāṁ)
• Polish: dziewięćdziesiąty ósmy
• Portuguese: nonagésimo oitavo
• Russian: девяно́сто восьмо́й (devjanósto vosʹmój)
• Turkish: doksan sekizinci
• Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто во́сьмий (devʺjanósto vósʹmyj)

Noun

ninety-eighth (plural ninety-eighths)

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

   A ninety-eighth of 1960 is 20.

Translations

one of 98 equal parts

• Finnish: yhdeksäskymmeneskahdeksasosa