eighty-eighth

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 87th	88th	89th >
Cardinal : eighty-eight Ordinal : eighty-eighth

Numeral

eighty-eighth

(ordinal) The ordinal form of the number eighty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 88 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book.

She finished eighty-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

88th, 88^th

Translations

ordinal form of eighty-eight

Esperanto: okdek-oka

Finnish: kahdeksaskymmeneskahdeksas

Noun

eighty-eighth (plural eighty-eighths)

(fractional) One of eighty-eight equal parts of a whole.
An eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20.

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