sixty-second

English

English ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : sixty-two     Ordinal : sixty-second

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkənd/, (proscribed, see sixty-secondth) /ˌsɪksti ˈsɛkən(t)θ/

Adjective

sixty-second

1. The ordinal form of the number sixty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 62 of a sequence.

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

   She finished sixty-second in the race.

2. Lasting sixty seconds.

Usage notes

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

Abbreviations

• 62nd, 62^nd

Translations

ordinal number

Afrikaans: twee-en-sestigste (af) Belarusian: шэсцьдзеся́т другі́ (šescʹdzjesját druhí) Catalan: seixanta-dosè (ca) Esperanto: sesdek-dua Finnish: kuudeskymmenestoinen, kuudeskymmeneskahdes French: soixante-deuxième (fr) Georgian: სამოცდამეორე (samocdameore) German: zweiundsechzigste Hindi: बासठवाँ (hi) (bāsaṭhvā̃) Hungarian: hatvankettedik (hu) Italian: sessantaduesimo Malayalam: അറുപത്തിരണ്ടാം (aṟupattiraṇṭāṁ) Manchu: ᠨᡳᠨᠵᡠ ᠵᡠᠸᡝᠴᡳ (ninju juweci) Polish: sześćdziesiąty drugi (pl) Portuguese: sexagésimo segundo Russian: шестьдеся́т второ́й (šestʹdesját vtorój) Spanish: sexagésimo segundo Turkish: altmış ikinci Ukrainian: шістдеся́т дру́гий (šistdesját drúhyj)

Noun

sixty-second (plural sixty-seconds)

1. One of sixty-two equal parts of a whole.

   A sixty-second of 1240 is 20.

Translations

one of 62 equal parts

Finnish: kuudeskymmeneskahdesosa French: soixante-deuxième (fr) Hindi: बासठवाँ (hi) (bāsaṭhvā̃)