English

Numeral

fifty-ninth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the fifty-ninth page of the book.

   She finished fifty-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

• 59th, 59^th

Translations

Noun

fifty-ninth ‎(plural fifty-ninths)

1. (fractional) One of fifty-nine equal parts of a whole.

   A fifty-ninth of 1180 is 20.