Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number sixty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 68 of a sequence.
She finished sixty-eighth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the sixty-eighth page of the book.
nounsixty-eighth (plural sixty-eighths)
plural sixty-eighths
- One of sixty-eight equal parts of a whole.
A sixty-eighth of 1360 is 20.
Origin
From sixty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans agt-en-sestigste
- agt-en-sestigsteordinal form of sixty-eight
Catalan seixanta-vuitè, seixanta-vuitè
- seixanta-vuitèordinal form of sixty-eight
- seixanta-vuitèone of 68 equal parts
Esperanto sesdek-oka
- sesdek-okaordinal form of sixty-eight
Finnish kuudeskymmeneskahdeksas, kuudeskymmeneskahdeksasosa
- kuudeskymmeneskahdeksasordinal form of sixty-eight
- kuudeskymmeneskahdeksasosaone of 68 equal parts
French soixante-huitième, soixante-huitième
- soixante-huitièmeordinal form of sixty-eight
- soixante-huitièmeone of 68 equal parts
German achtundsechzigste
- achtundsechzigsteordinal form of sixty-eight
Hindi अड़सठवाँ, अड़सठवाँ
- अड़सठवाँ (aṛsaṭhvā̃)ordinal form of sixty-eight
- अड़सठवाँ (aṛsaṭhvā̃)one of 68 equal parts
Hungarian hatvannyolcadik
- hatvannyolcadikordinal form of sixty-eight
Italian sessantottesimo, sessantottesimo
- sessantottesimoordinal form of sixty-eight
- sessantottesimoone of 68 equal parts
Polish sześćdziesiąty ósmy
- sześćdziesiąty ósmyordinal form of sixty-eight
Portuguese sexagésimo oitavo
- sexagésimo oitavoordinal form of sixty-eight
Romanian șaizeci și optulea, șaizeci și opta
- șaizeci și optuleaordinal form of sixty-eight
- șaizeci și optaordinal form of sixty-eight
Russian шестьдеся́т восьмо́й
- шестьдеся́т восьмо́й (šestʹdesját vosʹmój)ordinal form of sixty-eight
Spanish sexagésimo octavo
- sexagésimo octavoordinal form of sixty-eight
Turkish altmış sekizinci
- altmış sekizinciordinal form of sixty-eight
Ukrainian шістдеся́т во́сьмий
- шістдеся́т во́сьмий (šistdesját vósʹmyj)ordinal form of sixty-eight
Cite this entry
APA
sixty-eighth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-eighth
MLA
“sixty-eighth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-eighth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sixty-eighth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-eighth.
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