Standard Lemma guide

twenty-eight

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌtwɛntiˈeɪt/
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1

num

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being eight more than twenty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 28, xxviii

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 28, XXVIII

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: agt-en-twintig — number
  • Amharic: ሃያ ስምንት (haya səmnət) — number
  • Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة وَعِشْرُون (ṯamāniya wa-ʕišrūn) — number
  • Armenian: քսանութ (kʻsanutʻ) — number
  • Azerbaijani: iyirmi səkkiz — number
  • Basque: hogeita zortzi — number
  • Belarusian: два́ццаць во́сем (dváccacʹ vósjem) — number
  • Bengali: আঠাশ (aṭhaś) — number
  • Breton: eizh-warn-ugent — number
  • Catalan: vint-i-vuit — number
  • Catalan: vint-i-huit — number
  • Cebuano: kawhaa'g walo — number
  • Cebuano: baynete otso — number
  • Chechen: ткъе бархӏ (tqʼe barh) — number
  • Cherokee: ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (talisgo tsunela) — number
  • Chinese Cantonese: 二十八 (ji6 sap6 baat3) — number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二十八 (èrshíbā) — number
  • Czech: dvacet osm — number
  • Czech: osmadvacet — number
  • Danish: otteogtyve — number
  • Dhivehi: އަށާވީސް (aṣāvīs) — number
  • Dutch: achtentwintig — number
  • Esperanto: dudek ok — number
  • Estonian: kakskümmend kaheksa — number
  • Fijian: ruasagavulu ka walu — number
  • Finnish: kaksikymmentäkahdeksan — number
  • French: vingt-huit — number
  • Galician: vinte e oito — number
  • Georgian: ოცდარვა (ocdarva) — number
  • German: achtundzwanzig — number
  • Greek: είκοσι-οκτώ (eíkosi-októ) — number
  • Gujarati: અઠ્ઠાવીસ (aṭhṭhāvīs) — number
  • Gujarati: અઠ્ઠાવીશ (aṭhṭhāvīś) — number
  • Gujarati: અટ્ઠાવીસ (aṭṭhāvīs) — number
  • Gujarati: અટ્ઠાવીશ (aṭṭhāvīś) — number
  • Haitian Creole: ventuit — number
  • Hebrew: עשרים־ושמנה (esrím və-shmoná) — number
  • Hindi: अट्ठाईस (aṭṭhāīs) — number
  • Hungarian: huszonnyolc — number
  • Indonesian: dua puluh delapan — number
  • Interlingua: vinti-octo — number
  • Irish: fiche a hocht — number
  • Italian: ventotto — number
  • Japanese: 二十八 (nijūhachi) — number
  • Jeju: 스물ᄋᆢᄃᆞᆸ (seumuryawdawp) — number
  • Jeju: 이십팔 (isippal) — number
  • Kannada: ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೆಂಟು (ippatteṇṭu) — number
  • Kazakh: жиырма сегіз (jiyrma segız) — number
  • Khmer: ម្ភៃប្រាំបី (mphey pram bəy) — number
  • Korean: 스물여덟 (seumuryeodeol) — number
  • Korean: 이십팔 (isip'pal) — number
  • Kyrgyz: жыйырма сегиз (jıyırma segiz) — number
  • Lakota: wikčémna núŋpa aké šaglóǧaŋ — number
  • Lao: ຊາວແປດ (sāo pǣt) — number
  • Latin: duodetriginta — number
  • : ᦌᦱᧁᦶᦔᧆᧈ (saawṗaed1) — number
  • Luxembourgish: aachtanzwanzeg — number
  • Macedonian: два́есет и о́сум (dváeset i ósum) — number
  • Malay: dua puluh lapan — number
  • Malay: lapan likur — number
  • Malayalam: ഇരുപത്തെട്ട് (irupatteṭṭŭ) — number
  • Malayalam: ഇരുപത്തിയെട്ട് (irupattiyeṭṭŭ) — number
  • Manchu: ᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (orin jakūn) — number
  • Classical Nahuatl: cempōhualli onchicuēyi — number
  • Navajo: naadįįtseebíí — number
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjueåtte — number
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjueåtte — number
  • Ojibwe: niishtana-ashi-nishwaaswi — number
  • Pennsylvania German: acht un zwansich — number
  • Polish: dwadzieścia osiem — number
  • Portuguese: vinte e oito — number
  • Punjabi: ਅਠਾਈ (aṭhāī) — number
  • Quechua: iskay chunka pusaqniyuq — number
  • Romanian: douăzeci și opt — number
  • Russian: два́дцать во́семь (dvádcatʹ vósemʹ) — number
  • Samoan: luasefulu valu — number
  • Sanskrit: अष्टाविंशति (aṣṭāviṃśati) — number
  • Serbo-Croatian: двадесет и осам — number
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvadeset i osam — number
  • Shan: သၢဝ်းပႅတ်ႇ (sáao pèt) — number
  • Slovene: osemindvajset — number
  • Spanish: veintiocho — number
  • Swahili: ishirini na nane — number
  • Swedish: tjugoåtta — number
  • Telugu: ఇరవై ఎనిమిది (iravai enimidi) — number
  • Thai: ยี่สิบแปด (yîi-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt) — number
  • Tok Pisin: tupela ten et — number
  • Tongan: uofulu mā valu — number
  • Turkish: yirmi sekiz — number
  • Ukrainian: два́дцять ві́сім (dvádcjatʹ vísim) — number
  • Urdu: اٹھائیس (aṭṭhāīs) — number
  • Volapük: teldegjöl — number
  • Volapük: telsejöl — number
  • Welsh: wyth ar hugain — number
  • Welsh: dau ddeg wyth — number
  • Yiddish: אַכט און צוואַנציק (akht un tsvantsik) — number
  • Yoruba: èjìdínlọ́gbọ̀n — number
  • Yoruba: eéjìdínlọ́gbọ̀n — number
  • Yup'ik: yuinaq pingayunlegen — number
Real reading context

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