English

Numeral

forty-sixth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number forty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 46 of a sequence.

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

   She finished forty-sixth 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

• 46th, 46^th

Noun

forty-sixth ‎(plural forty-sixths)

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

   A forty-sixth of 920 is 20.