forty-third

English

English ordinal numbers

<  42nd	43rd	44th  >
Cardinal : forty-three     Ordinal : forty-third

Adjective

forty-third

1. The ordinal form of the number forty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 43 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the forty-third page of the book.

   She finished forty-third 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

• 43rd, 43^rd

Translations

ordinal form of forty-three

• Afrikaans: drie-en-veertigste (af)
• Esperanto: kvardek-tria
• Finnish: neljäskymmeneskolmas
• Hungarian: negyvenharmadik (hu)
• Malayalam: നാല്പത്തിമൂന്നാം (nālpattimūnnāṁ)
• Spanish: cuadragésimo tercero

Noun

forty-third (plural forty-thirds)

1. One of forty-three equal parts of a whole.

   A forty-third of 860 is 20.