eighty-fifth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  84th	85th	86th  >
Cardinal : eighty-five     Ordinal : eighty-fifth

Adjective

eighty-fifth

1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 85 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-fifth page of the book.

   She finished eighty-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.

Synonyms

• 85th, 85^th

Translations

ordinal form of eighty-five

• Afrikaans: vyf-en-tagtigste (af)
• Esperanto: okdek-kvina
• Finnish: kahdeksaskymmenesviides
• Malayalam: എൺപത്തഞ്ചാം (eṇpattañcāṁ)

Noun

eighty-fifth (plural eighty-fifths)

1. One of eighty-five equal parts of a whole.

   An eighty-fifth of 1700 is 20.

Anagrams

• fifty-eighth