English

Numeral

fifty-second

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.

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

   She finished fifty-second in the race.

2. Lasting fifty seconds.

Usage notes

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

Abbreviations

• 52nd, 52^nd

Translations

Noun

fifty-second ‎(plural fifty-seconds)

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

   A fifty-second of 1040 is 20.