Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixty-eighth

/ˌsɪksti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: six-ty-eighth
IPA: /ˌsɪksti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number sixty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 68 of a sequence.

noun

One of sixty-eight equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the sixty-eighth page of the book."
"She finished sixty-eighth in the race."
"A sixty-eighth of 1360 is 20."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

sixty-eighths (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sixty-eighth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪksti ˈeɪ(t)θ/.
What does sixty-eighth mean?: The ordinal form of the number sixty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 68 of a sequence.
Where does sixty-eighth come from?: From sixty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

How to pronounce sixty-eighth

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