In english, wikipedia says these started out as superscripts: 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, but during the 20 th century they migrated to the baseline: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

The 4th is next to last or last but one (penultimate). The 3rd is second from (or to) last or last but two (antepenultimate). The 2nd, is third from (or to) last or last but three. According to google ngram Ò€¦ In my (ame) experience, the phrase is ambiguous and can mean any of the first week containing a date in april, the first week in which more days are in april than aren't, or the first week entirely contained Ò€¦

In my (ame) experience, the phrase is ambiguous and can mean any of the first week containing a date in april, the first week in which more days are in april than aren't, or the first week entirely contained Ò€¦