forty-fifth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  44th	45th	46th  >
Cardinal : forty-five     Ordinal : forty-fifth

Adjective

forty-fifth

1. The ordinal form of the number forty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 45 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the forty-fifth page of the book.

   She finished forty-fifth 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.

Synonyms

• 45th, 45^th

Translations

ordinal form of forty-five

• Afrikaans: vyf-en-veertigste (af)
• Esperanto: kvardek-kvina
• Finnish: neljäskymmenesviides
• Hungarian: negyvenötödik (hu)
• Malayalam: നാല്പത്തഞ്ചാം (nālpattañcāṁ)
• Manchu: ᡩᡝᡥᡳ
  ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠᠴᡳ (dehi sunjaci)
• Spanish: cuadragésimo quinto

Noun

forty-fifth (plural forty-fifths)

1. One of forty-five equal parts of a whole.

   A forty-fifth of 900 is 20.

Translations

one of 45 equal parts

• Finnish: neljäskymmenesviidesosa