Meanings
- The cardinal number immediately following thirty-seven and preceding thirty-nine.
plural thirty-eights
- .38-caliber revolver.
He was shooting cans with his thirty-eight
1 more example
Blue takes a small grey satchel down from the shelf and packs it with his thirty-eight, a pair of binoculars, a notebook and other tools of the trade.
1987, Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy, page 138
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following thirty-seven and preceding thirty-nine.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing eight more than thirty
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans agt-en-dertig
- agt-en-dertig38
Arabic ثَمَانْيَة وْثَلَاثِين
- ثَمَانْيَة وْثَلَاثِين (ṯamanya w-ṯalaṯīn)38
Basque hogeita hemezortzi, hogeita hamazortzi
- hogeita hemezortzi38
- hogeita hamazortzi38
Bengali আটতিরিশ
- আটতিরিশ (aṭtiriś)38
Catalan trenta-vuit, trenta-huit
- trenta-vuit38
- trenta-huit38
Chinese Cantonese 三十八
- 三十八 (saam¹ sap⁶ baat³)38
Chinese Mandarin 三十八
- 三十八 (sānshíbā)38
Danish otteogtredive, otteogtredve
- otteogtredive38
- otteogtredve38
Dutch achtendertig
- achtendertig38
Finnish kolmekymmentäkahdeksan
- kolmekymmentäkahdeksan38
French trente-huit
- trente-huit38
German achtunddreißig
- achtunddreißig38
Greek τριάντα οκτώ
- τριάντα οκτώ (triánta októ)38
Hebrew שלשים־ושמנה
- שלשים־ושמנה (shloshím və-shmoná)38
Hindi अड़तीस
- अड़तीस (aṛtīs)38
Hungarian harmincnyolc
- harmincnyolc38
Italian trentotto
- trentotto38
Japanese 三十八
- 三十八 (sanjūhachi)38
Korean 서른여덟, 삼십팔
- 서른여덟 (seoreunyeodeol)38
- 삼십팔 (samsip'pal)38
Latin duodequadraginta
- duodequadraginta38
Malay tiga puluh lapan
- tiga puluh lapan38
Norwegian trettiåtte
- trettiåtte38
Polish trzydzieści osiem
- trzydzieści osiem38
Portuguese trinta e oito
- trinta e oito38
Punjabi ਅਠੱਤੀ
- ਅਠੱਤੀ (aṭhattī)38
Russian три́дцать во́семь
- три́дцать во́семь (trídcatʹ vósemʹ)38
Spanish treinta y ocho
- treinta y ocho38
Swahili thelathini na nane
- thelathini na nane38
Swedish trettioåtta
- trettioåtta38
Thai สามสิบแปด
- สามสิบแปด (sǎam-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt)38
Turkish otuz sekiz
- otuz sekiz38
Ukrainian три́дцять ві́сім
- три́дцять ві́сім (trýdcjatʹ vísim)38
Urdu اڑتیس
- اڑتیس (aṛtīs)38
Welsh tri deg wyth, deunaw ar hugain
- tri deg wyth38
- deunaw ar hugain38
Cite this entry
thirty-eight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-eight
“thirty-eight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-eight. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thirty-eight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-eight.
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