Meanings
- not comparableThe ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.
She finished fifty-second in the race.
2 more examples
The answer appears on the fifty-second page of the book.
Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Railway Year Book, 1946-47. […] Although the preparation of the fifty-second edition of this well-known work proved a far from easy task, owing to the continuance of unsettled conditions in many parts of the world, the response to the endeavours of the publishers to obtain accurate and complete information has exceeded anything that would have been possible twelve months earlier.
1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 64
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLasting fifty seconds.
Translations
Afrikaans twee-en-vyftigste
- twee-en-vyftigsteordinal number
Esperanto kvindek-dua
- kvindek-duaordinal number
Finnish viideskymmeneskahdes, viideskymmenestoinen
- viideskymmeneskahdesordinal number
- viideskymmenestoinenordinal number
- viideskymmeneskahdesosaone of 52 equal parts
French cinquante-deuxième, cinquante-deuxième
- cinquante-deuxièmeordinal number
- cinquante-deuxièmeone of 52 equal parts
German zweiundfünfzigste
- zweiundfünfzigsteordinal number
Hindi बावनवाँ, बावनवाँ
- बावनवाँ (bāvanvā̃)ordinal number
- बावनवाँ (bāvanvā̃)one of 52 equal parts
Hungarian ötvenkettedik
- ötvenkettedikordinal number
Italian cinquantaduesimo
- cinquantaduesimoordinal number
Polish pięćdziesiąty drugi
- pięćdziesiąty drugiordinal number
Portuguese quinquagésimo segundo
- quinquagésimo segundoordinal number
Russian пятьдеся́т второ́й
- пятьдеся́т второ́й (pjatʹdesját vtorój)ordinal number
Spanish quincuagésimo segundo
- quincuagésimo segundoordinal number
Turkish elli ikinci
- elli ikinciordinal number
Ukrainian п'ятдеся́т дру́гий
- п'ятдеся́т дру́гий (pʺjatdesját drúhyj)ordinal number
Cite this entry
fifty-second. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-second
“fifty-second.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-second. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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