Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.
She finished ninety-eighth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the ninety-eighth page of the book.
nounninety-eighth (plural ninety-eighths)
plural ninety-eighths
- One of ninety-eight equal parts of a whole.
A ninety-eighth of 1960 is 20.
Origin
From ninety-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans agt-en-negentigste
- agt-en-negentigsteordinal form of ninety-eight
Esperanto naŭdek-oka
- naŭdek-okaordinal form of ninety-eight
Finnish yhdeksäskymmeneskahdeksas, yhdeksäskymmeneskahdeksasosa
- yhdeksäskymmeneskahdeksasordinal form of ninety-eight
- yhdeksäskymmeneskahdeksasosaone of 98 equal parts
French quatre-vingt-dix-huitième, nonante-huitième
- quatre-vingt-dix-huitièmeordinal form of ninety-eight
- nonante-huitièmeordinal form of ninety-eight
Hindi अट्ठानवेवाँ, अट्ठानवेवाँ
- अट्ठानवेवाँ (aṭṭhānvevā̃)ordinal form of ninety-eight
- अट्ठानवेवाँ (aṭṭhānvevā̃)one of 98 equal parts
Hungarian kilencvennyolcadik
- kilencvennyolcadikordinal form of ninety-eight
Polish dziewięćdziesiąty ósmy
- dziewięćdziesiąty ósmyordinal form of ninety-eight
Portuguese nonagésimo oitavo
- nonagésimo oitavoordinal form of ninety-eight
Russian девяно́сто восьмо́й
- девяно́сто восьмо́й (devjanósto vosʹmój)ordinal form of ninety-eight
Turkish doksan sekizinci
- doksan sekizinciordinal form of ninety-eight
Ukrainian дев'яно́сто во́сьмий
- дев'яно́сто во́сьмий (devʺjanósto vósʹmyj)ordinal form of ninety-eight
Cite this entry
APA
ninety-eighth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eighth
MLA
“ninety-eighth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eighth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety-eighth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-eighth.
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