thirty-ninth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  38th	39th	40th  >
Cardinal : thirty-nine     Ordinal : thirty-ninth

Adjective

thirty-ninth

1. 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

• Afrikaans: nege-en-dertigste (af)
• Czech: třicátý devátý, devětatřicátý
• Esperanto: tridek-naŭa
• Finnish: kolmaskymmenesyhdeksäs
• Hungarian: harminckilencedik (hu)
• Latin: undequadragesimus
• Malayalam: മുപ്പത്തൊമ്പതാം (muppattompatāṁ), മുപ്പത്തിയൊൻപതാം (muppattiyoṉpatāṁ)
• Spanish: trigésimo noveno

Noun

thirty-ninth (plural thirty-ninths)

1. One of thirty-nine equal parts of a whole.

   A thirty-ninth of 780 is 20.