ninety-ninth

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 98th	99th	100th >
Cardinal : ninety-nine Ordinal : ninety-ninth

Adjective

ninety-ninth

The ordinal form of the number ninety-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 99 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the ninety-ninth page of the book.

She finished ninety-ninth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

99th, 99^th

Translations

ordinal form of ninety-nine

Esperanto: naŭdek-naŭa

Finnish: yhdeksäskymmenesyhdeksäs

Noun

ninety-ninth (plural ninety-ninths)

One of ninety-nine equal parts of a whole.
A ninety-ninth of 1980 is 20.

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