Meanings
- The cardinal number immediately following twenty-five and preceding twenty-seven.
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
1 more example
It was certainly an old smell – of that I could be certain. But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt.
2007, Giles Milton, Edward Trencom’s Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue, and Cheese, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 65Synonyms: six and twenty, 26, XXVI
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following twenty-five and preceding twenty-seven.
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Translations
Afrikaans ses-en-twintig
- ses-en-twintigcardinal number
Arabic سِتَّة وَعِشْرُون
- سِتَّة وَعِشْرُون (sitta wa-ʕišrūn)cardinal number
Basque hogeita sei
- hogeita seicardinal number
Bengali ছাব্বিশ
- ছাব্বিশ (chabbiś)cardinal number
Catalan vint-i-sis
- vint-i-siscardinal number
Chinese Cantonese 二十六
- 二十六 (ji⁶ sap⁶ luk⁶)cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 二十六
- 二十六 (èrshíliù)cardinal number
Czech dvacet šest, šestadvacet
- dvacet šestcardinal number
- šestadvacetcardinal number
Danish seksogtyve
- seksogtyvecardinal number
Dutch zesentwintig
- zesentwintigcardinal number
Esperanto dudek ses
- dudek sescardinal number
Estonian kakskümmend kuus
- kakskümmend kuuscardinal number
Finnish kaksikymmentäkuusi
- kaksikymmentäkuusicardinal number
French vingt-six
- vingt-sixcardinal number
German sechsundzwanzig
- sechsundzwanzigcardinal number
Greek είκοσι έξι
- είκοσι έξι (eíkosi éxi)cardinal number
Hebrew עשרים־וששה, עשרים־ושש
- עשרים־וששה (esrím-və-shishá)cardinal number
- עשרים־ושש (esrím-və-shaysh)cardinal number
Hindi छब्बीस
- छब्बीस (chabbīs)cardinal number
Hungarian huszonhat
- huszonhatcardinal number
Icelandic tuttugu og sex
- tuttugu og sexcardinal number
Indonesian dua puluh enam
- dua puluh enamcardinal number
Irish fiche a sé
- fiche a sécardinal number
Italian ventisei
- ventiseicardinal number
Japanese 二十六
- 二十六 (nijūroku)cardinal number
Korean 스물여섯, 이십육
- 스물여섯 (seumuryeoseot)cardinal number
- 이십육 (isibyuk)cardinal number
Latin vīgintīsex
- vīgintīsexcardinal number
Malay dua puluh enam, enam likur
- dua puluh enamcardinal number
- enam likurcardinal number
Norwegian Bokmål tjueseks
- tjuesekscardinal number
Polish dwadzieścia sześć
- dwadzieścia sześćcardinal number
Portuguese vinte e seis
- vinte e seiscardinal number
Punjabi ਛੱਬੀ
- ਛੱਬੀ (chabbī)cardinal number
Romanian douăzeci și șase
- douăzeci și șasecardinal number
Russian два́дцать шесть
- два́дцать шесть (dvádcatʹ šestʹ)cardinal number
Slovak dvadsaťšesť
- dvadsaťšesťcardinal number
Spanish veintiséis
- veintiséiscardinal number
Swahili ishirini na sita
- ishirini na sitacardinal number
Swedish tjugosex
- tjugosexcardinal number
Tagalog dalawampu't, beynte seis
- dalawampu'tcardinal number
- beynte seiscardinal number
Thai ยี่สิบหก
- ยี่สิบหก (yîi-sìp-hòk)cardinal number
Turkish yirmi altı
- yirmi altıcardinal number
Ukrainian два́дцять шість
- два́дцять шість (dvádcjatʹ šistʹ)cardinal number
Urdu چھبیس
- چھبیس (chabbīs)cardinal number
Welsh chwech ar hugain, dau ddeg chwech
- chwech ar hugaincardinal number
- dau ddeg chwechcardinal number
Yiddish זעקס און צוואַנציק
- זעקס און צוואַנציק (zeks un tsvantsik)cardinal number
Cite this entry
twenty-six. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-six
“twenty-six.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-six. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twenty-six,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-six.
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