fifty-oneth

English

Etymology

From fifty-one +‎ -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfɪfti ˈwʌnθ/

Adjective

fifty-oneth (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) fifty-first

Noun

fifty-oneth (uncountable)

  1. A fractional part of fifty-one.
    • 1925, M. P. Shiel, The Black Box, page 81:
      But the eye could only divine, could not measure, the difference between the fiftieth of a millimetre and the fifty-oneth, and she wished to measure.

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