Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixty-ninth

/ˌsɪksti ˈnaɪnθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: six-ty-ninth
IPA: /ˌsɪksti ˈnaɪnθ/

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number sixty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 69 of a sequence.

noun

One of sixty-nine equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the sixty-ninth page of the book."
"She finished sixty-ninth in the race."
"A sixty-ninth of 1380 is 20."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

sixty-ninths (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sixty-ninth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪksti ˈnaɪnθ/.
What does sixty-ninth mean?: The ordinal form of the number sixty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 69 of a sequence.
Where does sixty-ninth come from?: From sixty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

How to pronounce sixty-ninth

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