Meanings
- The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence.
She finished forty-ninth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the forty-ninth page of the book.
Synonyms: 49th
plural forty-ninths
- One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole.
A forty-ninth of 980 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From forty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans nege-en-veertigste
- nege-en-veertigsteordinal form of forty-nine
Dutch negenenveertigste
- negenenveertigsteordinal form of forty-nine
Esperanto kvardek-naŭa
- kvardek-naŭaordinal form of forty-nine
Finnish neljäskymmenesyhdeksäs, neljäskymmenesyhdeksäsosa
- neljäskymmenesyhdeksäsordinal form of forty-nine
- neljäskymmenesyhdeksäsosaone of 49 equal parts
French quarante-neuvième, quarante-neuvième
- quarante-neuvièmeordinal form of forty-nine
- quarante-neuvièmeone of 49 equal parts
Hindi उनचासवाँ, उनचासवाँ
- उनचासवाँ (uncāsvā̃)ordinal form of forty-nine
- उनचासवाँ (uncāsvā̃)one of 49 equal parts
Hungarian negyvenkilencedik
- negyvenkilencedikordinal form of forty-nine
Polish czterdziesty dziewiąty
- czterdziesty dziewiątyordinal form of forty-nine
Russian со́рок девя́тый
- со́рок девя́тый (sórok devjátyj)ordinal form of forty-nine
Spanish cuadragésimo noveno
- cuadragésimo novenoordinal form of forty-nine
Ukrainian со́рок дев'я́тий
- со́рок дев'я́тий (sórok devʺjátyj)ordinal form of forty-nine
Cite this entry
forty-ninth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-ninth
“forty-ninth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-ninth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forty-ninth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-ninth.
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