English

Numeral

fifty-fifth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.

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

   She finished fifty-fifth 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

• 55th, 55^th

Translations

Noun

fifty-fifth ‎(plural fifty-fifths)

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

   A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20.