thirty-sixth

American  

[thur-tee-siksth] / ˈθɜr tiˈsɪksθ /

adjective

1. next after the thirty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 36.

2. being one of 36 equal parts.

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noun

1. a thirty-sixth part, especially of one (1/36).

2. the thirty-sixth member of a series.

Example Sentences

Jefferson was elected president in the House of Representatives on the thirty-sixth ballot.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

It was Davies’s thirty-sixth European away match following Liverpool, and his third European Cup final.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 2, 2019

Jim was seventy-six and had agreed to a phone interview with Baker to support the publication of his “Brown Dog” collection, his thirty-sixth book.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2016

Finally, on August 24, 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

That life of mine began on the Feast of Saint Giles in the Year of our Lord 1363, the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Edward the Third, England’s great warrior king.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi