Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixty-fifth

/ˌsɪksti ˈfɪ(f)θ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: six-ty--fifth
IPA: /ˌsɪksti ˈfɪ(f)θ/

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number sixty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 65 of a sequence.

noun

One of sixty-five equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the sixty-fifth page of the book."
"She finished sixty-fifth in the race."
"A sixty-fifth of 1300 is 20."

Etymology

From sixty-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth.

Inflected Forms

sixty-fifths (plural)

Synonyms

three score and fifth 65th

Questions

How do you pronounce sixty-fifth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪksti ˈfɪ(f)θ/.
What does sixty-fifth mean?: The ordinal form of the number sixty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 65 of a sequence.
Where does sixty-fifth come from?: From sixty-five + -th (ordinal suffix), after fifth.

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