Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number eighty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 89 of a sequence.
She finished eighty-ninth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the eighty-ninth page of the book.
Synonyms: 89th
nouneighty-ninth (plural eighty-ninths)
plural eighty-ninths
- One of eighty-nine equal parts of a whole.
An eighty-ninth of 1780 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number eighty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 89 of a sequence.
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Origin
From eighty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans nege-en-tagtigste
- nege-en-tagtigsteordinal form of eighty-nine
Catalan vuitanta-novè, vuitanta-novè
- vuitanta-novèordinal form of eighty-nine
- vuitanta-novèone of 89 equal parts
Dutch negenentachtigste
- negenentachtigsteordinal form of eighty-nine
Esperanto okdek-naŭa
- okdek-naŭaordinal form of eighty-nine
Finnish kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäs, kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäsosa
- kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäsordinal form of eighty-nine
- kahdeksaskymmenesyhdeksäsosaone of 89 equal parts
French quatre-vingt-neuvième, huitante-neuvième
- quatre-vingt-neuvièmeordinal form of eighty-nine
- huitante-neuvièmeordinal form of eighty-nine
- quatre-vingt-neuvièmeone of 89 equal parts
German neunundachtzigste
- neunundachtzigsteordinal form of eighty-nine
Hindi नवासीवाँ, नवासीवाँ
- नवासीवाँ (navāsīvā̃)ordinal form of eighty-nine
- नवासीवाँ (navāsīvā̃)one of 89 equal parts
Hungarian nyolcvankilencedik
- nyolcvankilencedikordinal form of eighty-nine
Italian ottantanovesimo, ottantanovesimo
- ottantanovesimoordinal form of eighty-nine
- ottantanovesimoone of 89 equal parts
Polish osiemdziesiąty dziewiąty
- osiemdziesiąty dziewiątyordinal form of eighty-nine
Russian во́семьдесят девя́тый
- во́семьдесят девя́тый (vósemʹdesjat devjátyj)ordinal form of eighty-nine
Spanish octogésimo noveno
- octogésimo novenoordinal form of eighty-nine
Swedish åttionionde
- åttioniondeordinal form of eighty-nine
Turkish seksen dokuzuncu
- seksen dokuzuncuordinal form of eighty-nine
Ukrainian вісімдеся́т дев'я́тий
- вісімдеся́т дев'я́тий (visimdesját devʺjátyj)ordinal form of eighty-nine
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APA
eighty-ninth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-ninth
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“eighty-ninth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-ninth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eighty-ninth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-ninth.
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