Meanings
- The ordinal form of the number eighty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 85 of a sequence.
She finished eighty-fifth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the eighty-fifth page of the book.
Synonyms: 85th
plural eighty-fifths
- One of eighty-five equal parts of a whole.
An eighty-fifth of 1700 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number eighty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 85 of a sequence.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From eighty-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vyf-en-tagtigste
- vyf-en-tagtigsteordinal form of eighty-five
Catalan vuitanta-cinquè, vuitanta-cinquè
- vuitanta-cinquèordinal form of eighty-five
- vuitanta-cinquèone of 85 equal parts
Dutch vijfentachtigste
- vijfentachtigsteordinal form of eighty-five
Esperanto okdek-kvina
- okdek-kvinaordinal form of eighty-five
Finnish kahdeksaskymmenesviides, kahdeksaskymmenesviidesosa
- kahdeksaskymmenesviidesordinal form of eighty-five
- kahdeksaskymmenesviidesosaone of 85 equal parts
French quatre-vingt-cinquième, huitante-cinquième
- quatre-vingt-cinquièmeordinal form of eighty-five
- huitante-cinquièmeordinal form of eighty-five
- quatre-vingt-cinquièmeone of 85 equal parts
German fünfundachtzigste
- fünfundachtzigsteordinal form of eighty-five
Hindi पचासीवाँ, पचासीवाँ
- पचासीवाँ (pacāsīvā̃)ordinal form of eighty-five
- पचासीवाँ (pacāsīvā̃)one of 85 equal parts
Hungarian nyolcvanötödik
- nyolcvanötödikordinal form of eighty-five
Italian ottantacinquesimo, ottantacinquesimo
- ottantacinquesimoordinal form of eighty-five
- ottantacinquesimoone of 85 equal parts
Polish osiemdziesiąty piąty
- osiemdziesiąty piątyordinal form of eighty-five
Russian во́семьдесят пя́тый
- во́семьдесят пя́тый (vósemʹdesjat pjátyj)ordinal form of eighty-five
Spanish octogésimo quinto
- octogésimo quintoordinal form of eighty-five
Swedish åttiofemte
- åttiofemteordinal form of eighty-five
Ukrainian вісімдеся́т п'я́тий
- вісімдеся́т п'я́тий (visimdesját pʺjátyj)ordinal form of eighty-five
Cite this entry
eighty-fifth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-fifth
“eighty-fifth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-fifth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eighty-fifth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-fifth.
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