Standard Lemma guide

thirty-eight

noun · num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

.38-caliber revolver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was shooting cans with his thirty-eight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

num

Meaning 2

The cardinal number immediately following thirty-seven and preceding thirty-nine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

being eight more than thirty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 38, xxxviii

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: agt-en-dertig — 38
  • Arabic: ثَمَانْيَة وْثَلَاثِين (ṯamanya w-ṯalaṯīn) — 38
  • Armenian: երեսունութ (eresunutʻ) — 38
  • Azerbaijani: otuz səkkiz — 38
  • Basque: hogeita hemezortzi — 38
  • Basque: hogeita hamazortzi — 38
  • Belarusian: тры́ццаць во́сем (trýccacʹ vósjem) — 38
  • Bengali: আটতিরিশ (aṭtiriś) — 38
  • Catalan: trenta-vuit — 38
  • Catalan: trenta-huit — 38
  • Cherokee: ᏦᎢᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (tsoisgo tsunela) — 38
  • Chinese Cantonese: 三十八 (saam1 sap6 baat3) — 38
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三十八 (sānshíbā) — 38
  • Danish: otteogtredive — 38
  • Danish: otteogtredve — 38
  • Dhivehi: އަށުތިރީސް (aṣutirīs) — 38
  • Dhivehi: ތިރީސް އަށެއް (tirīs aṣek̊) — 38
  • Dutch: achtendertig — 38
  • Faroese: áttaogtretivu — 38
  • Fijian: tolusagavulu ka walu — 38
  • Finnish: kolmekymmentäkahdeksan — 38
  • French: trente-huit — 38
  • Galician: trinta e oito — 38
  • Georgian: ოცდათვრამეტი (ocdatvrameṭi) — 38
  • German: achtunddreißig — 38
  • Greek: τριάντα οκτώ (triánta októ) — 38
  • Gujarati: આડત્રીસ (āṛtrīs) — 38
  • Haitian Creole: trantuit — 38
  • Hebrew: שלשים־ושמנה (shloshím və-shmoná) — 38
  • Hindi: अड़तीस (aṛtīs) — 38
  • Hungarian: harmincnyolc — 38
  • Italian: trentotto — 38
  • Japanese: 三十八 (sanjūhachi) — 38
  • Kazakh: отыз сегіз (otyz segız) — 38
  • Korean: 서른여덟 (seoreunyeodeol) — 38
  • Korean: 삼십팔 (samsip'pal) — 38
  • Lao: ສາມສິບແປດ (sām sip pǣt) — 38
  • Latin: duodequadraginta — 38
  • : ᦉᦱᧄᦉᦲᧇᦶᦔᧆᧈ (ṡaamṡiibṗaed1) — 38
  • Luxembourgish: aachtandrësseg — 38
  • Malay: tiga puluh lapan — 38
  • Malayalam: മുപ്പത്തെട്ട് (muppatteṭṭŭ) — 38
  • Malayalam: മുപ്പത്തിയെട്ട് (muppattiyeṭṭŭ) — 38
  • Manchu: ᡤᡡᠰᡳᠨ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (gūsin jakūn) — 38
  • Classical Nahuatl: cempōhualli oncaxtōlli omēyi — 38
  • Navajo: tádiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí — 38
  • Norwegian: trettiåtte — 38
  • Ojibwe: nisimidana-ashi-nishwaaswi — 38
  • Pennsylvania German: acht un dreissich — 38
  • Polish: trzydzieści osiem — 38
  • Portuguese: trinta e oito — 38
  • Punjabi: ਅਠੱਤੀ (aṭhattī) — 38
  • Quechua: kimsa chunka pusaqniyuq — 38
  • Russian: три́дцать во́семь (trídcatʹ vósemʹ) — 38
  • Sanskrit: अष्टात्रिंशत् (aṣṭātriṃśat) — 38
  • Serbo-Croatian: тридесет и осам — 38
  • Serbo-Croatian: trideset i osam — 38
  • Shan: သၢမ်သိပ်းပႅတ်ႇ (sǎam síp pèt) — 38
  • Spanish: treinta y ocho — 38
  • Swahili: thelathini na nane — 38
  • Swedish: trettioåtta — 38
  • Thai: สามสิบแปด (sǎam-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt) — 38
  • Tok Pisin: tripela ten et — 38
  • Turkish: otuz sekiz — 38
  • Ukrainian: три́дцять ві́сім (trýdcjatʹ vísim) — 38
  • Urdu: اڑتیس (aṛtīs) — 38
  • Volapük: kildegjöl — 38
  • Volapük: kilsejöl — 38
  • Yup'ik: yuinaq akimiaq pingayun — 38
Real reading context

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