thirty-eighth

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 37th	38th	39th >
Cardinal : thirty-eight Ordinal : thirty-eighth

Adjective

thirty-eighth

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

Esperanto: tridek-oka

Finnish: kolmaskymmeneskahdeksas

Noun

thirty-eighth (plural thirty-eighths)

One of thirty-eight equal parts of a whole.
A thirty-eighth of 760 is 20.

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