Ordinal numbers

For ordinal numbers, from 2e ('2nd') onwards, we add ième to the spelling of the cardinal number.
1 → premier / première
2 → deuxième
3 → troisième
4 → quatrième
5 → cinquième
6 → sixième
7 → septième
8 → huitième
9 → neuvième
10 → dixième
Examples:
Adèle est la cinquième enfant de Victor Hugo. Adèle is Victor Hugo's fifth child.
Marcel est sorti deux centième de sa promotion. Marcel graduated two hundredth in his class.
For numbers greater than vingt et un (21) and ending in 1, we do the following:
21 → vingt et unième ; 31 → trente et unième
1001 → mille et unième
101 → cent unième ; 201 → deux-cent unième
Note: • The following spelling:
treize → treizième, quinze → quinzième (we remove the final e before adding ième)
cinquième, trente-cinquième (we add a u after cinq)
neuvième, soixante-neuvième (with neuf, the f becomes a v)
• The terms deuxième (abbreviated to 2e) or second (abbreviated to 2nd) are accepted.
• The abreviations 3e and 3ème (or 14e, 14ème, etc) are both accepted.

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