Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number thirty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 39 of a sequence.
She finished thirty-ninth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the thirty-ninth page of the book.
nounthirty-ninth (plural thirty-ninths)
plural thirty-ninths
- One of thirty-nine equal parts of a whole.
A thirty-ninth of 780 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From thirty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans nege-en-dertigste
- nege-en-dertigsteordinal form of thirty-nine
Czech třicátý devátý, devětatřicátý
- třicátý devátýordinal form of thirty-nine
- devětatřicátýordinal form of thirty-nine
Esperanto tridek-naŭa
- tridek-naŭaordinal form of thirty-nine
Finnish kolmaskymmenesyhdeksäs, kolmaskymmenesyhdeksäsosa
- kolmaskymmenesyhdeksäsordinal form of thirty-nine
- kolmaskymmenesyhdeksäsosaone of 39 equal parts
French trente-neuvième, trente-neuvième
- trente-neuvièmeordinal form of thirty-nine
- trente-neuvièmeone of 39 equal parts
Hindi उनतालीसवाँ, उनतालीसवाँ
- उनतालीसवाँ (untālīsvā̃)ordinal form of thirty-nine
- उनतालीसवाँ (untālīsvā̃)one of 39 equal parts
Hungarian harminckilencedik
- harminckilencedikordinal form of thirty-nine
Latin undequadragesimus
- undequadragesimusordinal form of thirty-nine
Polish trzydziesty dziewiąty
- trzydziesty dziewiątyordinal form of thirty-nine
Russian три́дцать девя́тый
- три́дцать девя́тый (trídcatʹ devjátyj)ordinal form of thirty-nine
Spanish trigésimo noveno
- trigésimo novenoordinal form of thirty-nine
Ukrainian три́дцять дев'я́тий
- три́дцять дев'я́тий (trýdcjatʹ devʺjátyj)ordinal form of thirty-nine
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APA
thirty-ninth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-ninth
MLA
“thirty-ninth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-ninth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thirty-ninth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-ninth.
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