eighty-seventh

English

English ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : eighty-seven     Ordinal : eighty-seventh

Etymology

Etymology tree

English eighty-seven

English -th

English eighty-seventh

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪti ˈsɛvənθ/

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Adjective

eighty-seventh

1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.

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

   She finished eighty-seventh 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

• 87th, 87^th

Translations

ordinal form of eighty-seven

• Afrikaans: sewe-en-tagtigste (af)
• Belarusian: во́семдзесят сёмы (vósjemdzjesjat sjómy)
• Catalan: vuitanta-setè (ca)
• Dutch: zevenentachtigste (nl)
• Esperanto: okdek-sepa
• Finnish: kahdeksaskymmenesseitsemäs
• French: quatre-vingt-septième
• Georgian: ოთხმოცდამეშვიდე (otxmocdamešvide)
• German: siebenundachtzigste (de)
• Hindi: सत्तासीवाँ (hi) (sattāsīvā̃)
• Hungarian: nyolcvanhetedik (hu)
• Italian: ottantasettesimo
• Malayalam: എൺപത്തേഴാം (eṇpattēḻāṁ), എൺപത്തിയേഴാം (eṇpattiyēḻāṁ)
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨᠵᡠ
  ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠴᡳ (jakūnju nadaci)
• Polish: osiemdziesiąty siódmy (pl)
• Russian: во́семьдесят седьмо́й (vósemʹdesjat sedʹmój)
• Spanish: octogésimo séptimo
• Swedish: åttiosjunde
• Ukrainian: вісімдеся́т сьо́мий (visimdesját sʹómyj)

Noun

eighty-seventh (plural eighty-sevenths)

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

   An eighty-seventh of 1740 is 20.

Translations

one of 87 equal parts

• Catalan: vuitanta-setè (ca) m
• Finnish: kahdeksaskymmenesseitsemäsosa
• French: quatre-vingt-septième m
• Hindi: सत्तासीवाँ (hi) (sattāsīvā̃)
• Italian: ottantasettesimo m

Anagrams

• seventy-eighth