Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number sixty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 66 of a sequence.
She finished sixty-sixth in the race.
2 more examples
The answer appears on the sixty-sixth page of the book.
Though in his sixty-sixth year, I have never heard him express any dissatisfaction at the occasional hardships which we have had to encounter.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
Origin
From sixty-six + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ses-en-sestigste
- ses-en-sestigsteordinal form of sixty-six
Catalan seixanta-sisè, seixanta-sisè
- seixanta-sisèordinal form of sixty-six
- seixanta-sisèone of 66 equal parts
Esperanto sesdek-sesa
- sesdek-sesaordinal form of sixty-six
Finnish kuudeskymmeneskuudes, kuudeskymmeneskuudesosa
- kuudeskymmeneskuudesordinal form of sixty-six
- kuudeskymmeneskuudesosaone of 66 equal parts
French soixante-sixième, soixante-sixième
- soixante-sixièmeordinal form of sixty-six
- soixante-sixièmeone of 66 equal parts
Hindi छियासठवाँ, छियासठवाँ
- छियासठवाँ (chiyāsaṭhvā̃)ordinal form of sixty-six
- छियासठवाँ (chiyāsaṭhvā̃)one of 66 equal parts
Hungarian hatvanhatodik
- hatvanhatodikordinal form of sixty-six
Polish sześćdziesiąty szósty
- sześćdziesiąty szóstyordinal form of sixty-six
Russian шестьдеся́т шесто́й
- шестьдеся́т шесто́й (šestʹdesját šestój)ordinal form of sixty-six
Spanish sexagésimo sexto
- sexagésimo sextoordinal form of sixty-six
Ukrainian шістдеся́т шо́стий
- шістдеся́т шо́стий (šistdesját šóstyj)ordinal form of sixty-six
Cite this entry
APA
sixty-sixth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-sixth
MLA
“sixty-sixth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-sixth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sixty-sixth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sixty-sixth.
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