thirty-ninth

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 38th	39th	40th >
Cardinal : thirty-nine Ordinal : thirty-ninth

Numeral

thirty-ninth

(ordinal) The ordinal form of the number thirty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 39 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the thirty-ninth page of the book.

She finished thirty-ninth 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

39th, 39^th

Translations

ordinal form of thirty-nine

Czech: třicátý devátý, devětatřicátý
Esperanto: tridek-naŭa

Finnish: kolmaskymmenesyhdeksäs
Latin: undequadragesimus

Noun

thirty-ninth (plural thirty-ninths)

(fractional) One of thirty-nine equal parts of a whole.
A thirty-ninth of 780 is 20.

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