fifty-second

English

English ordinal numbers

<  51st	52nd	53rd  >
Cardinal : fifty-two     Ordinal : fifty-second

Adjective

fifty-second (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the fifty-second page of the book.

   She finished fifty-second in the race.

2. Lasting fifty seconds.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 52nd, 52^nd

Translations

ordinal number

• Esperanto: kvindek-dua
• Finnish: viideskymmeneskahdes, viideskymmenestoinen
• French: cinquante-deuxième
• Georgian: ორმოცდამეთორმეტე (ormocdametormeṭe), 52-ე (52-e)
• German: zweiundfünfzigste
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• Hungarian: ötvenkettedik (hu)
• Italian: cinquantaduesimo
• Portuguese: quinquagésimo segundo
• Spanish: quincuagésimo segundo
• Turkish: elli ikinci

Noun

fifty-second (plural fifty-seconds)

1. One of fifty-two equal parts of a whole.

   A fifty-second of 1040 is 20.