eighty-eighth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  87th	88th	89th  >
Cardinal : eighty-eight     Ordinal : eighty-eighth

Etymology

From eighty-eight +‎ -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

Adjective

eighty-eighth

1. The ordinal form of the number eighty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 88 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book.

   She finished eighty-eighth 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

• 88th, 88^th

Translations

ordinal form of eighty-eight

Afrikaans: agt-en-tagtigste (af) Belarusian: во́семдзесят во́сьмы (vósjemdzjesjat vósʹmy) Catalan: vuitanta-vuitè (ca) Dutch: achtentachtigste (nl) Esperanto: okdek-oka Finnish: kahdeksaskymmeneskahdeksas French: quatre-vingt-huitième Georgian: ოთხმოცდამერვე (otxmocdamerve) German: achtundachtzigste Hindi: अट्ठासीवाँ (aṭṭhāsīvā̃) Hungarian: nyolcvannyolcadik (hu) Italian: ottantottesimo Malayalam: എൺപത്തിയെട്ടാം (eṇpattiyeṭṭāṁ), എൺപത്തെട്ടാം (eṇpatteṭṭāṁ) Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠴᡳ (juwan jakūci) Polish: osiemdziesiąty ósmy (pl) Russian: во́семьдесят восьмо́й (vósemʹdesjat vosʹmój) Spanish: octogésimo octavo Swedish: åttioåttonde Ukrainian: вісімдеся́т во́сьмий (visimdesját vósʹmyj)

Noun

eighty-eighth (plural eighty-eighths)

1. One of eighty-eight equal parts of a whole.

   An eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20.

Translations

one of 88 equal parts

Catalan: vuitanta-vuitè (ca) m Finnish: kahdeksaskymmeneskahdeksasosa French: quatre-vingt-huitième m Hindi: अट्ठासीवाँ (aṭṭhāsīvā̃) Italian: ottantottesimo m