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ninety-eighth

/ˌnaɪnti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

ninety-eighth adjective: the ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.

Adjective

ninety-eighth

  1. The ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.
    • The answer appears on the ninety-eighth page of the book.
    • She finished ninety-eighth in the race.

Noun

ninety-eighth (plural ninety-eighths)

  1. One of ninety-eight equal parts of a whole.
    • A ninety-eighth of 1960 is 20.

ninety-eighth meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam

ninety-eighth in Hindi

ordinal form of ninety-eight
अट्ठानवेवाँ aṭṭhānvevā̃
one of 98 equal parts
अट्ठानवेवाँ aṭṭhānvevā̃

ninety-eighth in Bengali

ninety-eighth
আটানব্বইতম aṭanobboitomo

ninety-eighth in Malayalam

ordinal form of ninety-eight
തൊണ്ണൂറ്റെട്ടാം toṇṇūṟṟeṭṭāṁ, തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിയെട്ടാം toṇṇūṟṟiyeṭṭāṁ

Forms of ninety-eighth

pluralninety-eighths

Origin of ninety-eighth

From ninety-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

Questions about ninety-eighth

What does ninety-eighth mean?
Ninety-eighth means the ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.
What is ninety-eighth in Hindi?
Ninety-eighth in Hindi is अट्ठानवेवाँ (aṭṭhānvevā̃). See Ninety-eighth meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ninety-eighth?
Ninety-eighth can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ninety-eighth?
Ninety-eighth is pronounced /ˌnaɪnti ˈeɪ(t)θ/.

Words near ninety-eighth in the dictionary

  1. ninety three
  2. ninety two
  3. ninety-day wonder
  4. ninety-day wonders
  5. ninety-eight
  6. ninety-eighth
  7. ninety-eighths
  8. ninety-eleven
  9. ninety-fifth
  10. ninety-fifths
  11. ninety-first

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ninety-eighth (page history and authors); আটানব্বইতম (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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