forty-sixth UK /ˌfɔːti ˈsɪk(s)θ/US /ˌfɔɹti ˈsɪk(s)θ/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •The ordinal form of the number forty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 46 of a sequence.The answer appears on the forty-sixth page of the book.She finished forty-sixth in the race. noun1 •One of forty-six equal parts of a whole.A forty-sixth of 920 is 20. formsforty-sixths