Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number ninety-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 99 of a sequence.
She finished ninety-ninth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the ninety-ninth page of the book.
nounninety-ninth (plural ninety-ninths)
plural ninety-ninths
- One of ninety-nine equal parts of a whole.
A ninety-ninth of 1980 is 20.
Origin
From ninety-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans nege-en-negentigste
- nege-en-negentigsteordinal form of ninety-nine
Esperanto naŭdek-naŭa
- naŭdek-naŭaordinal form of ninety-nine
Finnish yhdeksäskymmenesyhdeksäs, yhdeksäskymmenesyhdeksäsosa
- yhdeksäskymmenesyhdeksäsordinal form of ninety-nine
- yhdeksäskymmenesyhdeksäsosaone of 99 equal parts
French quatre-vingt-dix-neuvième, nonante-neuvième
- quatre-vingt-dix-neuvièmeordinal form of ninety-nine
- nonante-neuvièmeordinal form of ninety-nine
Hindi निन्यानवेवाँ, निन्यानवेवाँ
- निन्यानवेवाँ (ninyānvevā̃)ordinal form of ninety-nine
- निन्यानवेवाँ (ninyānvevā̃)one of 99 equal parts
Hungarian kilencvenkilencedik
- kilencvenkilencedikordinal form of ninety-nine
Polish dziewięćdziesiąty dziewiąty
- dziewięćdziesiąty dziewiątyordinal form of ninety-nine
Portuguese nonagésimo nono
- nonagésimo nonoordinal form of ninety-nine
Russian девяно́сто девя́тый
- девяно́сто девя́тый (devjanósto devjátyj)ordinal form of ninety-nine
Turkish doksan dokuzuncu
- doksan dokuzuncuordinal form of ninety-nine
Ukrainian дев'яно́сто дев'я́тий
- дев'яно́сто дев'я́тий (devʺjanósto devʺjátyj)ordinal form of ninety-nine
Cite this entry
APA
ninety-ninth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-ninth
MLA
“ninety-ninth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-ninth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety-ninth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-ninth.
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