thirty-ninth

adjective

the ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order

• Syn: ↑39th

• Similar to: ↑ordinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

1. : being number 39 in a countable series

the thirty-ninth day

— see number table

2. : being one of 39 equal parts into which anything is divisible

a thirty-ninth share of the money

II. noun

1. : number 39 in a countable series

2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 39 : one of 39 equal parts of anything

one thirty-ninth of the total

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/therr"tee nuynth"/, adj.

1. next after the thirty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 39.

2. being one of 39 equal parts.

n.

3. a thirty-ninth part, esp. of one (¹/₃₉).

4. the thirty-ninth member of a series.