English

Numeral

forty-ninth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence.

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

   She finished forty-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.

Derived terms

• forty-ninth parallel

Abbreviations

• 49th, 49^th

Noun

forty-ninth ‎(plural forty-ninths)

1. (fractional) One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole.

   A forty-ninth of 980 is 20.