Meanings
- not comparableThe ordinal form of the number twenty-eight.
plural twenty-eighths
- The person or thing in the twenty-eighth position.
- One of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From twenty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans agt-en-twintigste
- agt-en-twintigsteordinal form of twenty-eight
Czech dvacátý osmý
- dvacátý osmýordinal form of twenty-eight
Esperanto dudek-oka
- dudek-okaordinal form of twenty-eight
Finnish kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas, kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas
- kahdeskymmeneskahdeksasordinal form of twenty-eight
- kahdeskymmeneskahdeksasperson or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- kahdeskymmeneskahdeksasosaone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
French vingt-huitième, 28^
- vingt-huitièmeordinal form of twenty-eight
- 28^ (ème)ordinal form of twenty-eight
- vingt-huitièmeperson or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- vingt-huitièmeone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
German achtundzwanzigste, achtundzwanzigste
- achtundzwanzigsteordinal form of twenty-eight
- achtundzwanzigsteperson or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- achtundzwanzigsteone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
Hindi अट्ठाईसवाँ, अट्ठाईसवाँ
- अट्ठाईसवाँ (aṭṭhāīsvā̃)ordinal form of twenty-eight
- अट्ठाईसवाँ (aṭṭhāīsvā̃)person or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- अट्ठाईसवाँ (aṭṭhāīsvā̃)one of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
Hungarian huszonnyolcadik, huszonnyolcadik
- huszonnyolcadikordinal form of twenty-eight
- huszonnyolcadikperson or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- huszonnyolcadone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
Italian ventottesimo, 28º
- ventottesimoordinal form of twenty-eight
- 28ºordinal form of twenty-eight
- ventottesimoperson or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- ventottesimoone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
Latin duodetricesimus
- duodetricesimusordinal form of twenty-eight
Norwegian tjueåttende
- tjueåttendeordinal form of twenty-eight
Portuguese vigésimo oitavo, vigésimo oitavo
- vigésimo oitavoordinal form of twenty-eight
- vigésimo oitavoperson or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- vinte e oito avosone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
Romanian douăzeci și optulea
- douăzeci și optuleaordinal form of twenty-eight
Spanish vigésimo octavo, vigesimoctavo
- vigésimo octavoordinal form of twenty-eight
- vigesimoctavoordinal form of twenty-eight
- vigésimo octavoperson or thing in the twenty-eighth position
- veintiochoavoone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
Swedish tjugoåttonde, tjugoåttondel
- tjugoåttondeordinal form of twenty-eight
- tjugoåttondelone of twenty-eight equal parts of a whole
Turkish yirmi sekizinci, 28'inci
- yirmi sekizinciordinal form of twenty-eight
- 28'inciordinal form of twenty-eight
- 28.ordinal form of twenty-eight
Cite this entry
twenty-eighth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-eighth
“twenty-eighth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-eighth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twenty-eighth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-eighth.
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