forty-sixth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  45th	46th	47th  >
Cardinal : forty-six     Ordinal : forty-sixth

Adjective

forty-sixth

1. The ordinal form of the number forty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 46 of a sequence.

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

   She finished forty-sixth 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

• 46th, 46^th

Translations

ordinal form of forty-six

• Esperanto: kvardek-sesa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: neljäskymmeneskuudes
• Hungarian: negyvenhatodik (hu)
• Malayalam: നാല്പത്താറാം (nālpattāṟāṁ), നാല്പത്തിയാറാം (nālpattiyāṟāṁ)

Noun

forty-sixth (plural forty-sixths)

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

   A forty-sixth of 920 is 20.