Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.
She finished fifty-ninth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the fifty-ninth page of the book.
Synonyms: 59th
nounfifty-ninth (plural fifty-ninths)
plural fifty-ninths
- One of fifty-nine equal parts of a whole.
A fifty-ninth of 1180 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.
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Origin
From fifty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans nege-en-vyftigste
- nege-en-vyftigsteordinal number
Catalan cinquanta-novè
- cinquanta-novèordinal number
Esperanto kvindek-naŭa
- kvindek-naŭaordinal number
Finnish viideskymmenesyhdeksäs, viideskymmenesyhdeksäsosa
- viideskymmenesyhdeksäsordinal number
- viideskymmenesyhdeksäsosaone of 59 equal parts
French cinquante-neuvième
- cinquante-neuvièmeordinal number
German neunundfünfzigste
- neunundfünfzigsteordinal number
Hindi उनसठवाँ, उनसठवाँ
- उनसठवाँ (unsaṭhvā̃)ordinal number
- उनसठवाँ (unsaṭhvā̃)one of 59 equal parts
Hungarian ötvenkilencedik
- ötvenkilencedikordinal number
Italian cinquantanovesimo
- cinquantanovesimoordinal number
Portuguese quinquagésimo nono
- quinquagésimo nonoordinal number
Spanish quincuagésimo noveno
- quincuagésimo novenoordinal number
Turkish elli dokuzuncu
- elli dokuzuncuordinal number
Ukrainian п'ятдеся́т дев'я́тий
- п'ятдеся́т дев'я́тий (pʺjatdesját devʺjátyj)ordinal number
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APA
fifty-ninth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-ninth
MLA
“fifty-ninth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-ninth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fifty-ninth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-ninth.
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