Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number ninety-five, describing a person or thing in position number 95 of a sequence.
She finished ninety-fifth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the ninety-fifth page of the book.
nounninety-fifth (plural ninety-fifths)
plural ninety-fifths
- One of ninety-five equal parts of a whole.
A ninety-fifth of 1900 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From ninety-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vyf-en-negentigste
- vyf-en-negentigsteordinal form of ninety-five
Esperanto naŭdek-kvina
- naŭdek-kvinaordinal form of ninety-five
Finnish yhdeksäskymmenesviides, yhdeksäskymmenesviidesosa
- yhdeksäskymmenesviidesordinal form of ninety-five
- yhdeksäskymmenesviidesosaone of 95 equal parts
French quatre-vingt-quinzième, nonante-cinquième
- quatre-vingt-quinzièmeordinal form of ninety-five
- nonante-cinquièmeordinal form of ninety-five
Hindi पंचानवेवाँ, पंचानवेवाँ
- पंचानवेवाँ (pañcānvevā̃)ordinal form of ninety-five
- पंचानवेवाँ (pañcānvevā̃)one of 95 equal parts
Turkish doksan beşinci
- doksan beşinciordinal form of ninety-five
Cite this entry
APA
ninety-fifth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-fifth
MLA
“ninety-fifth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-fifth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety-fifth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-fifth.
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