Meanings
- not comparableThe ordinal form of the number forty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 44 of a sequence.
She finished forty-fourth in the race.
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The answer appears on the forty-fourth page of the book.
On January 20, 2009, at precisely noon, the world will witness the inauguration of the forty-fourth president of the United States. As the chief justice administers the oath of office on the flag-draped podium in front of the U.S. Capitol, the first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will be sworn into office. By her side, smiling broadly and holding the family Bible, will be her chief strategist, husband, and copresident, William Jefferson Clinton.
2005 December 25, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, “'Condi vs. Hillary'”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: 44th
plural forty-fourths
- One of forty-four equal parts of a whole.
A forty-fourth of 880 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number forty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 44 of a sequence.
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Origin
From forty-four + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vier-en-veertigste
- vier-en-veertigsteordinal form of forty-four
Esperanto kvardek-kvara
- kvardek-kvaraordinal form of forty-four
Finnish neljäskymmenesneljäs, neljäskymmenesneljäsosa
- neljäskymmenesneljäsordinal form of forty-four
- neljäskymmenesneljäsosaone of 44 equal parts
French quarante-quatrième, quarante-quatrième
- quarante-quatrièmeordinal form of forty-four
- quarante-quatrièmeone of 44 equal parts
Hindi चवालीसवाँ, चवालीसवाँ
- चवालीसवाँ (cavālīsvā̃)ordinal form of forty-four
- चवालीसवाँ (cavālīsvā̃)one of 44 equal parts
Hungarian negyvennegyedik
- negyvennegyedikordinal form of forty-four
Polish czterdziesty czwarty
- czterdziesty czwartyordinal form of forty-four
Russian со́рок четвёртый
- со́рок четвёртый (sórok četvjórtyj)ordinal form of forty-four
Ukrainian со́рок четве́ртий
- со́рок четве́ртий (sórok četvértyj)ordinal form of forty-four
Cite this entry
forty-fourth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-fourth
“forty-fourth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-fourth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forty-fourth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-fourth.
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