Meanings
- The ordinal form of the number forty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 48 of a sequence.
She finished forty-eighth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the forty-eighth page of the book.
Synonyms: 48th
plural forty-eighths
- One of forty-eight equal parts of a whole.
A forty-eighth of 960 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number forty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 48 of a sequence.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From forty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans agt-en-veertigste
- agt-en-veertigsteordinal form of forty-eight
Esperanto kvardek-oka
- kvardek-okaordinal form of forty-eight
Finnish neljäskymmeneskahdeksas, neljäskymmeneskahdeksasosa
- neljäskymmeneskahdeksasordinal form of forty-eight
- neljäskymmeneskahdeksasosaone of 48 equal parts
French quarante-huitième, quarante-huitième
- quarante-huitièmeordinal form of forty-eight
- quarante-huitièmeone of 48 equal parts
Hindi अड़तालीसवाँ, अड़तालीसवाँ
- अड़तालीसवाँ (aṛtālīsvā̃)ordinal form of forty-eight
- अड़तालीसवाँ (aṛtālīsvā̃)one of 48 equal parts
Hungarian negyvennyolcadik
- negyvennyolcadikordinal form of forty-eight
Polish czterdziesty ósmy
- czterdziesty ósmyordinal form of forty-eight
Russian со́рок восьмо́й
- со́рок восьмо́й (sórok vosʹmój)ordinal form of forty-eight
Spanish cuadragésimo octavo
- cuadragésimo octavoordinal form of forty-eight
Ukrainian со́рок во́сьмий
- со́рок во́сьмий (sórok vósʹmyj)ordinal form of forty-eight
Cite this entry
forty-eighth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-eighth
“forty-eighth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-eighth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forty-eighth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-eighth.
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