Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number thirty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 38 of a sequence.
She finished thirty-eighth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the thirty-eighth page of the book.
nounthirty-eighth (plural thirty-eighths)
plural thirty-eighths
- One of thirty-eight equal parts of a whole.
A thirty-eighth of 760 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From thirty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans agt-en-dertigste
- agt-en-dertigsteordinal form of thirty-eight
Esperanto tridek-oka
- tridek-okaordinal form of thirty-eight
Finnish kolmaskymmeneskahdeksas, kolmaskymmeneskahdeksasosa
- kolmaskymmeneskahdeksasordinal form of thirty-eight
- kolmaskymmeneskahdeksasosaone of 38 equal parts
French trente-huitième, trente-huitième
- trente-huitièmeordinal form of thirty-eight
- trente-huitièmeone of 38 equal parts
German achtunddreißigste
- achtunddreißigsteordinal form of thirty-eight
Hindi अड़तीसवाँ, अड़तीसवाँ
- अड़तीसवाँ (aṛtīsvā̃)ordinal form of thirty-eight
- अड़तीसवाँ (aṛtīsvā̃)one of 38 equal parts
Hungarian harmincnyolcadik
- harmincnyolcadikordinal form of thirty-eight
Polish trzydziesty ósmy
- trzydziesty ósmyordinal form of thirty-eight
Russian три́дцать восьмо́й
- три́дцать восьмо́й (trídcatʹ vosʹmój)ordinal form of thirty-eight
Spanish trigésimo octavo
- trigésimo octavoordinal form of thirty-eight
Ukrainian три́дцять во́сьмий
- три́дцять во́сьмий (trýdcjatʹ vósʹmyj)ordinal form of thirty-eight
Cite this entry
APA
thirty-eighth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-eighth
MLA
“thirty-eighth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-eighth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thirty-eighth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirty-eighth.
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