eighty-ninth

English

English ordinal numbers

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

Etymology

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English eighty-nine

English -th

English eighty-ninth

From eighty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪti ˈnaɪnθ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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)
• Belarusian: во́семдзесят дзявя́ты (vósjemdzjesjat dzjavjáty)
• Catalan: vuitanta-novè (ca)
• Dutch: negenentachtigste (nl)
• Esperanto: okdek-naŭa
• Finnish: kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäs
• French: quatre-vingt-neuvième
• Georgian: ოთხმოცდამეცხრე (otxmocdamecxre)
• German: neunundachtzigste
• Hindi: नवासीवाँ (navāsīvā̃)
• Hungarian: nyolcvankilencedik (hu)
• Italian: ottantanovesimo
• Malayalam: എൺപത്തൊൻപതാം (eṇpattoṉpatāṁ)
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡠᠶᡠᠴᡳ (jakūnju uyuci)
• Polish: osiemdziesiąty dziewiąty (pl)
• Russian: во́семьдесят девя́тый (vósemʹdesjat devjátyj)
• Spanish: octogésimo noveno
• Swedish: åttionionde
• Turkish: seksen dokuzuncu
• Ukrainian: вісімдеся́т дев'я́тий (visimdesját devʺjátyj)

Noun

eighty-ninth (plural eighty-ninths)

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

   An eighty-ninth of 1780 is 20.

Translations

one of 89 equal parts

• Catalan: vuitanta-novè (ca) m
• Finnish: kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäsosa
• French: quatre-vingt-neuvième m
• Hindi: नवासीवाँ (navāsīvā̃)
• Italian: ottantanovesimo m