eighty-ninth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  88th	89th	90th  >
Cardinal : eighty-nine     Ordinal : eighty-ninth

Adjective

eighty-ninth

1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 89 of a sequence.

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

   She finished eighty-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.

Synonyms

• 89th, 89^th

Translations

ordinal form of eighty-nine

• Afrikaans: nege-en-tagtigste (af)
• Esperanto: okdek-naŭa
• Finnish: kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäs
• Malayalam: എൺപത്തൊൻപതാം (eṇpattoṉpatāṁ)
• Turkish: seksen dokuzuncu

Noun

eighty-ninth (plural eighty-ninths)

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

   An eighty-ninth of 1780 is 20.