thirty-eighth

English

English ordinal numbers

<  37th	38th	39th  >
Cardinal : thirty-eight     Ordinal : thirty-eighth

Etymology

From thirty-eight +‎ -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌθɜːti ˈeɪ(t)θ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌθɚti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

Adjective

thirty-eighth

1. The ordinal form of the number thirty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 38 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the thirty-eighth page of the book.

   She finished thirty-eighth in the race.

Usage notes

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

Abbreviations

• 38th, 38^th

Translations

ordinal form of thirty-eight

Afrikaans: agt-en-dertigste (af) Belarusian: тры́ццаць во́сьмы (trýccacʹ vósʹmy) Esperanto: tridek-oka Finnish: kolmaskymmeneskahdeksas French: trente-huitième Georgian: ოცდამეთვრამეტე (ocdametvrameṭe) German: achtunddreißigste (de) Hindi: अड़तीसवाँ (hi) (aṛtīsvā̃) Hungarian: harmincnyolcadik (hu) Malayalam: മുപ്പത്തെട്ടാം (muppatteṭṭāṁ), മുപ്പത്തിയെട്ടാം (muppattiyeṭṭāṁ) Manchu: ᡤᡡᠰᡳᠨ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠴᡳ (gūsin jakūci) Polish: trzydziesty ósmy (pl) Russian: три́дцать восьмо́й (trídcatʹ vosʹmój) Spanish: trigésimo octavo Ukrainian: три́дцять во́сьмий (trýdcjatʹ vósʹmyj)

Noun

thirty-eighth (plural thirty-eighths)

1. One of thirty-eight equal parts of a whole.

   A thirty-eighth of 760 is 20.

Translations

one of 38 equal parts

Finnish: kolmaskymmeneskahdeksasosa French: trente-huitième Hindi: अड़तीसवाँ (hi) (aṛtīsvā̃)