Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.
She finished eighty-seventh in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the eighty-seventh page of the book.
nouneighty-seventh (plural eighty-sevenths)
plural eighty-sevenths
- One of eighty-seven equal parts of a whole.
An eighty-seventh of 1740 is 20.
Origin
From eighty-seven + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sewe-en-tagtigste
- sewe-en-tagtigsteordinal form of eighty-seven
Catalan vuitanta-setè, vuitanta-setè
- vuitanta-setèordinal form of eighty-seven
- vuitanta-setèone of 87 equal parts
Dutch zevenentachtigste
- zevenentachtigsteordinal form of eighty-seven
Esperanto okdek-sepa
- okdek-sepaordinal form of eighty-seven
Finnish kahdeksaskymmenesseitsemäs, kahdeksaskymmenesseitsemäsosa
- kahdeksaskymmenesseitsemäsordinal form of eighty-seven
- kahdeksaskymmenesseitsemäsosaone of 87 equal parts
French quatre-vingt-septième, huitante-septième
- quatre-vingt-septièmeordinal form of eighty-seven
- huitante-septièmeordinal form of eighty-seven
- quatre-vingt-septièmeone of 87 equal parts
German siebenundachtzigste
- siebenundachtzigsteordinal form of eighty-seven
Hindi सत्तासीवाँ, सत्तासीवाँ
- सत्तासीवाँ (sattāsīvā̃)ordinal form of eighty-seven
- सत्तासीवाँ (sattāsīvā̃)one of 87 equal parts
Hungarian nyolcvanhetedik
- nyolcvanhetedikordinal form of eighty-seven
Italian ottantasettesimo, ottantasettesimo
- ottantasettesimoordinal form of eighty-seven
- ottantasettesimoone of 87 equal parts
Polish osiemdziesiąty siódmy
- osiemdziesiąty siódmyordinal form of eighty-seven
Russian во́семьдесят седьмо́й
- во́семьдесят седьмо́й (vósemʹdesjat sedʹmój)ordinal form of eighty-seven
Spanish octogésimo séptimo
- octogésimo séptimoordinal form of eighty-seven
Swedish åttiosjunde
- åttiosjundeordinal form of eighty-seven
Ukrainian вісімдеся́т сьо́мий
- вісімдеся́т сьо́мий (visimdesját sʹómyj)ordinal form of eighty-seven
Cite this entry
APA
eighty-seventh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-seventh
MLA
“eighty-seventh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-seventh. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eighty-seventh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eighty-seventh.
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