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thirty-eight

thirty-eight numeral: the cardinal number immediately following thirty-seven and preceding thirty-nine.

Numeral

thirty-eight

  1. The cardinal number immediately following thirty-seven and preceding thirty-nine.
    Synonyms:
    38, XXXVIII

Noun

thirty-eight (plural thirty-eights)

  1. .38-caliber revolver.
    • He was shooting cans with his thirty-eight
    • 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

thirty-eight meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

thirty-eight in Hindi

38
अड़तीस aṛtīs

thirty-eight in Marathi

thirty-eight
अडतीस aḍatīs

thirty-eight in Urdu

38
اڑتیس aṛtīs

thirty-eight in Bengali

38
আটতিরিশ aṭtiriś
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thirty-eight in Telugu
ముప్పైయెనిమిది muppaiyenimidi
thirty-eight in Malayalam
മുപ്പത്തെട്ട് muppatteṭṭŭ, മുപ്പത്തിയെട്ട് muppattiyeṭṭŭ
thirty-eight in Punjabi
ਅਠੱਤੀ aṭhattī
thirty-eight in Gujarati
આડત્રીસ āṛtrīs
thirty-eight in Odia
ଅଟତିରିଶ aṭatiriśa
thirty-eight in Sanskrit
अष्टात्रिंशत् aṣṭātriṃśat
thirty-eight in Assamese
আঠত্ৰিছ athotris
thirty-eight in Nepali
अठतीस aṭhatīs, अठ्तीस aṭhtīs
thirty-eight in Arabic
ثَمَانْيَة وْثَلَاثِين ṯamanya w-ṯalaṯīn
thirty-eight in Malay
tiga puluh lapan
thirty-eight in Thai
สามสิบแปด sǎam-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt
Dhivehi
އަށުތިރީސް aṣutirīs, ތިރީސް އަށެއް tirīs aṣek̊

Synonyms of thirty-eight

  • 38
  • XXXVIII

Forms of thirty-eight

pluralthirty-eights

Questions about thirty-eight

What does thirty-eight mean?
Thirty-eight means the cardinal number immediately following thirty-seven and preceding thirty-nine.
What is thirty-eight in Hindi?
Thirty-eight in Hindi is अड़तीस (aṛtīs). See Thirty-eight meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is thirty-eight?
Thirty-eight can be a numeral or a noun.

Words near thirty-eight in the dictionary

  1. thirty seven
  2. thirty six
  3. thirty three
  4. thirty two
  5. Thirty Years' War
  6. thirty-eight
  7. thirty-eighth
  8. thirty-eighths
  9. thirty-eleven
  10. thirty-fifth
  11. thirty-fifths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thirty-eight (page history and authors); अडतीस (Marathi) (page history and authors); ముప్పైయెనిమిది (Telugu) (page history and authors); ଅଟତିରିଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); আঠত্ৰিছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); अठतीस (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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