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twenty-eight

/ˌtwɛntiˈeɪt/

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

Numeral

twenty-eight

  1. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-seven and preceding twenty-nine.
    • The lunar quality of Osiris's body is emphasized by his age of twenty-eight, the number of the phases of the moon.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 217
    Synonyms:
    eight and twenty, 28, XXVIII

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

twenty-eight in Hindi

number
अट्ठाईस aṭṭhāīs

twenty-eight in Marathi

twenty-eight
अठ्ठावीस aṭhṭhāvīs

twenty-eight in Urdu

number
اٹھائیس aṭṭhāīs

twenty-eight in Bengali

number
আঠাশ aṭhaś
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twenty-eight in Telugu
ఇరవై ఎనిమిది iravai enimidi
twenty-eight in Malayalam
ഇരുപത്തെട്ട് irupatteṭṭŭ, ഇരുപത്തിയെട്ട് irupattiyeṭṭŭ
twenty-eight in Kannada
ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೆಂಟು ippatteṇṭu
twenty-eight in Punjabi
ਅਠਾਈ aṭhāī
twenty-eight in Gujarati
અઠ્ઠાવીસ aṭhṭhāvīs, અઠ્ઠાવીશ aṭhṭhāvīś, અટ્ઠાવીસ aṭṭhāvīs, અટ્ઠાવીશ aṭṭhāvīś
twenty-eight in Odia
ଅଠାଇଶ aṭhāiśa
twenty-eight in Sanskrit
अष्टाविंशति aṣṭāviṃśati
twenty-eight in Assamese
আঠাইছ athais
twenty-eight in Nepali
अट्ठाईस aṭṭhāīs
twenty-eight in Arabic
ثَمَانِيَة وَعِشْرُون ṯamāniya wa-ʕišrūn
twenty-eight in Malay
dua puluh lapan, lapan likur
twenty-eight in Indonesian
dua puluh delapan
twenty-eight in Thai
ยี่สิบแปด yîi-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt
Dhivehi
އަށާވީސް aṣāvīs

Synonyms of twenty-eight

Questions about twenty-eight

What does twenty-eight mean?
Twenty-eight means the cardinal number immediately following twenty-seven and preceding twenty-nine.
What is twenty-eight in Hindi?
Twenty-eight in Hindi is अट्ठाईस (aṭṭhāīs). See Twenty-eight meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is twenty-eight?
Twenty-eight is a numeral.
How do you pronounce twenty-eight?
Twenty-eight is pronounced /ˌtwɛntiˈeɪt/.

Words near twenty-eight in the dictionary

  1. twenty to the dozen
  2. twenty two
  3. twenty whole dollars
  4. twenty winks
  5. twenty-'leven
  6. twenty-eight
  7. twenty-eighth
  8. twenty-eighths
  9. twenty-eleven
  10. twenty-fifth
  11. twenty-fifths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twenty-eight (page history and authors); अठ्ठावीस (Marathi) (page history and authors); ଅଠାଇଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); আঠাইছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); अट्ठाईस (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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