fifty-fifth

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 54th	55th	56th >
Cardinal : fifty-five Ordinal : fifty-fifth

Adjective

fifty-fifth

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.

Abbreviations

55th, 55^th

Translations

ordinal number

Esperanto: kvindek-kvina
Finnish: viideskymmenesviides
French: cinquante-cinquième
Georgian: ორმოცდამეთხუთმეტე (ormocdametxutmeṭe), 55-ე (55-e)
German: fünfundfünfzigste
Hungarian: ötvenötödik (hu)

Italian: cinquantacinquesimo
Portuguese: quinquagésimo quinto
Spanish: quincuagésimo quinto
Swedish: femtiofemte
Turkish: elli beşinci

Noun

fifty-fifth (plural fifty-fifths)

One of fifty-five equal parts of a whole.
A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20.

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