fifty-sixth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  55th	56th	57th  >
Cardinal : fifty-six     Ordinal : fifty-sixth

Etymology

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English fifty-six

English -th

English fifty-sixth

From fifty-six + -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɪfti ˈsɪk(s)θ/, /ˌfɪfti ˈsɪks/

Adjective

fifty-sixth

1. The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.

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

   She finished fifty-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

• 56th, 56^th

Translations

ordinal number

• Afrikaans: ses-en-vyftigste (af)
• Belarusian: пяцьдзяся́т шо́сты (pjacʹdzjasját šósty)
• Esperanto: kvindek-sesa
• Finnish: viideskymmeneskuudes
• French: cinquante-sixième
• Georgian: ორმოცდამეთექვსმეტე (ormocdametekvsmeṭe)
• German: sechsundfünfzigste
• Hindi: छप्पनवाँ (chappanvā̃)
• Hungarian: ötvenhatodik (hu)
• Italian: cinquantaseiesimo
• Malayalam: അമ്പത്താറാം (ampattāṟāṁ)
• Manchu: ᠰᡠᠰᠠᡳ
  ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠴᡳ (susai ningguci)
• Polish: pięćdziesiąty szósty (pl)
• Portuguese: quinquagésimo sexto
• Romanian: al cincizeci și șaselea m or n, a cincizeci și șasea f
• Russian: пятьдеся́т шесто́й (pjatʹdesját šestój)
• Spanish: quincuagésimo sexto
• Swedish: femtiosjätte
• Turkish: elli altıncı
• Ukrainian: п'ятдеся́т шо́стий (pʺjatdesját šóstyj)

Noun

fifty-sixth (plural fifty-sixths)

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

   A fifty-sixth of 1120 is 20.

Translations

one of 56 equal parts

• Finnish: viideskymmeneskuudesosa
• French: cinquante-sixième
• Hindi: छप्पनवाँ (chappanvā̃)

Anagrams

• sixty-fifth