forty-second

Adjective

 * 1)  The ordinal form of the number forty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 42 of a sequence.
 * The answer appears on the forty-second page of the book.
 * She finished forty-second in the race.
 * 1) Lasting forty seconds.

Usage notes
English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Synonyms

 * 42nd, 42nd

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Esperanto: kvardek-dua
 * Finnish: neljäskymmenestoinen, neljäskymmeneskahdes
 * Hungarian:
 * Malayalam: നാല്പത്തിരണ്ടാം
 * Spanish: cuadragésimo segundo

Noun

 * 1)  One of forty-two equal parts of a whole.
 * A forty-second of 840 is 20.

Translations

 * Finnish: neljäskymmeneskahdesosa