seventy-ninth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  78th	79th	80th  >
Cardinal : seventy-nine     Ordinal : seventy-ninth

Adjective

seventy-ninth

1. The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.

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

   She finished seventy-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

• 79th, 79^th

Translations

ordinal form of seventy-nine

• Afrikaans: nege-en-sewentigste (af)
• Esperanto: sepdek-naŭa
• Finnish: seitsemäskymmenesyhdeksäs
• Malayalam: എഴുപത്തിഒൻപതാം (eḻupattioṉpatāṁ)
• Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨᠵᡠ
  ᡠᠶᡠᠴᡳ (nadanju uyuci)

Noun

seventy-ninth (plural seventy-ninths)

1. One of seventy-nine equal parts of a whole.

   A seventy-ninth of 1580 is 20.

Translations

one of 79 equal parts

• Finnish: seitsemäskymmenesyhdeksäsosa