Meanings
- The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.
She finished fifty-fifth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the fifty-fifth page of the book.
Synonyms: 55th
plural fifty-fifths
- One of fifty-five equal parts of a whole.
A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From fifty-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vyf-en-vyftigste
- vyf-en-vyftigsteordinal number
Esperanto kvindek-kvina
- kvindek-kvinaordinal number
Finnish viideskymmenesviides, viideskymmenesviidesosa
- viideskymmenesviidesordinal number
- viideskymmenesviidesosaone of 55 equal parts
French cinquante-cinquième, cinquante-cinquième
- cinquante-cinquièmeordinal number
- cinquante-cinquièmeone of 55 equal parts
German fünfundfünfzigste
- fünfundfünfzigsteordinal number
Hindi पचपनवाँ, पचपनवाँ
- पचपनवाँ (pacpanvā̃)ordinal number
- पचपनवाँ (pacpanvā̃)one of 55 equal parts
Hungarian ötvenötödik
- ötvenötödikordinal number
Italian cinquantacinquesimo
- cinquantacinquesimoordinal number
Polish pięćdziesiąty piąty
- pięćdziesiąty piątyordinal number
Portuguese quinquagésimo quinto
- quinquagésimo quintoordinal number
Russian пятьдеся́т пя́тый
- пятьдеся́т пя́тый (pjatʹdesját pjátyj)ordinal number
Spanish quincuagésimo quinto
- quincuagésimo quintoordinal number
Swedish femtiofemte
- femtiofemteordinal number
Turkish elli beşinci
- elli beşinciordinal number
Ukrainian п'ятдеся́т п'я́тий
- п'ятдеся́т п'я́тий (pʺjatdesját pʺjátyj)ordinal number
Cite this entry
fifty-fifth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-fifth
“fifty-fifth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-fifth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fifty-fifth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-fifth.
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