Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number ninety-six, describing a person or thing in position number 96 of a sequence.
She finished ninety-sixth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the ninety-sixth page of the book.
nounninety-sixth (plural ninety-sixths)
plural ninety-sixths
- One of ninety-six equal parts of a whole.
A ninety-sixth of 1920 is 20.
Origin
From ninety-six + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ses-en-negentigste
- ses-en-negentigsteordinal form of ninety-six
Esperanto naŭdek-sesa
- naŭdek-sesaordinal form of ninety-six
Finnish yhdeksäskymmeneskuudes, yhdeksäskymmeneskuudesosa
- yhdeksäskymmeneskuudesordinal form of ninety-six
- yhdeksäskymmeneskuudesosaone of 96 equal parts
French quatre-vingt-seizième, nonante-sixième
- quatre-vingt-seizièmeordinal form of ninety-six
- nonante-sixièmeordinal form of ninety-six
Hindi छियानवेवाँ, छियानवेवाँ
- छियानवेवाँ (chiyānvevā̃)ordinal form of ninety-six
- छियानवेवाँ (chiyānvevā̃)one of 96 equal parts
Turkish doksan altıncı
- doksan altıncıordinal form of ninety-six
Cite this entry
APA
ninety-sixth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-sixth
MLA
“ninety-sixth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-sixth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ninety-sixth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ninety-sixth.
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