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twenty-six

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌtwɛntiˈsɪks/
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1

num

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being six more than twenty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 26, xxvi

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 26, XXVI

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ses-en-twintig — cardinal number
  • Amharic: ሃያ ስድስት (haya sədsət) — cardinal number
  • Arabic: سِتَّة وَعِشْرُون (sitta wa-ʕišrūn) — cardinal number
  • Armenian: քսանվեց (kʻsanvecʻ) — cardinal number
  • Azerbaijani: iyirmi altı — cardinal number
  • Basque: hogeita sei — cardinal number
  • Belarusian: два́ццаць шэсць (dváccacʹ šescʹ) — cardinal number
  • Bengali: ছাব্বিশ (chabbiś) — cardinal number
  • Breton: c'hwec'h-warn-ugent — cardinal number
  • Catalan: vint-i-sis — cardinal number
  • Cebuano: kawhaa'g unom — cardinal number
  • Cebuano: baynete sais — cardinal number
  • Chechen: ткъе ялх (tqʼe jalx) — cardinal number
  • Cherokee: ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏑᏓᎵ (talisgo sudali) — cardinal number
  • Chinese Cantonese: 二十六 (ji6 sap6 luk6) — cardinal number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二十六 (èrshíliù) — cardinal number
  • Czech: dvacet šest — cardinal number
  • Czech: šestadvacet — cardinal number
  • Danish: seksogtyve — cardinal number
  • Dhivehi: ސައްބީސް (sabbīs) — cardinal number
  • Dutch: zesentwintig — cardinal number
  • Esperanto: dudek ses — cardinal number
  • Estonian: kakskümmend kuus — cardinal number
  • Fijian: ruasagavulu ka ono — cardinal number
  • Finnish: kaksikymmentäkuusi — cardinal number
  • French: vingt-six — cardinal number
  • Georgian: ოცდაექვსი (ocdaekvsi) — cardinal number
  • German: sechsundzwanzig — cardinal number
  • Greek: είκοσι έξι (eíkosi éxi) — cardinal number
  • Gujarati: છવ્વીસ (chavvīs) — cardinal number
  • Haitian Creole: vennsis — cardinal number
  • Hebrew: עשרים־וששה (esrím-və-shishá) — cardinal number
  • Hebrew: עשרים־ושש (esrím-və-shaysh) — cardinal number
  • Hindi: छब्बीस (chabbīs) — cardinal number
  • Hungarian: huszonhat — cardinal number
  • Icelandic: tuttugu og sex — cardinal number
  • Indonesian: dua puluh enam — cardinal number
  • Interlingua: vinti-sex — cardinal number
  • Inupiaq: iñuiñaq itchaksraq — cardinal number
  • Irish: fiche a sé — cardinal number
  • Italian: ventisei — cardinal number
  • Japanese: 二十六 (nijūroku) — cardinal number
  • Kannada: ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತಾರು (ippattāru) — cardinal number
  • Kazakh: жиырма алты (jiyrma alty) — cardinal number
  • Khmer: ម្ភៃប្រាំមួយ (mphey pram muəy) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 스물여섯 (seumuryeoseot) — cardinal number
  • Korean: 이십육 (isibyuk) — cardinal number
  • Northern Kurdish: bîst û şeş — cardinal number
  • Kyrgyz: жыйырма алты (jıyırma altı) — cardinal number
  • Lakota: wikčémna núŋpa aké šákpe — cardinal number
  • Lao: ຊາວຫົກ (sāo hok) — cardinal number
  • Latin: vīgintīsex — cardinal number
  • : ᦌᦱᧁᦷᦠᧅ (saawḣok) — cardinal number
  • Macedonian: два́есет и шест (dváeset i šest) — cardinal number
  • Malay: dua puluh enam — cardinal number
  • Malay: enam likur — cardinal number
  • Malayalam: ഇരുപത്താറ് (irupattāṟŭ) — cardinal number
  • Malayalam: ഇരുപത്തിയാറ് (irupattiyāṟŭ) — cardinal number
  • Manchu: ᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠨ (orin ninggun) — cardinal number
  • Classical Nahuatl: cempōhualli onchicuacē — cardinal number
  • Navajo: naadįįhastą́ą́ — cardinal number
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjueseks — cardinal number
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjueseks — cardinal number
  • Ojibwe: niishtana-ashi-ingodwaaswi — cardinal number
  • Pennsylvania German: sex un zwansich — cardinal number
  • Polish: dwadzieścia sześć — cardinal number
  • Portuguese: vinte e seis — cardinal number
  • Punjabi: ਛੱਬੀ (chabbī) — cardinal number
  • Quechua: iskay chunka suqtayuq — cardinal number
  • Romanian: douăzeci și șase — cardinal number
  • Russian: два́дцать шесть (dvádcatʹ šestʹ) — cardinal number
  • Samoan: luasefulu ono — cardinal number
  • Sanskrit: षड्विंशति (ṣaḍviṃśati) — cardinal number
  • Shan: သၢဝ်းႁူၵ်း (sáao húuk) — cardinal number
  • Slovak: dvadsaťšesť — cardinal number
  • Slovene: šestindvajset — cardinal number
  • Spanish: veintiséis — cardinal number
  • Swahili: ishirini na sita — cardinal number
  • Swedish: tjugosex — cardinal number
  • Tagalog: dalawampu't — cardinal number
  • Tagalog: beynte seis — cardinal number
  • Telugu: ఇరవై ఆరు (iravai āru) — cardinal number
  • Thai: ยี่สิบหก (yîi-sìp-hòk) — cardinal number
  • Tok Pisin: tupela ten sikis — cardinal number
  • Tongan: uofulu mā ono — cardinal number
  • Turkish: yirmi altı — cardinal number
  • Ukrainian: два́дцять шість (dvádcjatʹ šistʹ) — cardinal number
  • Urdu: چھبیس (chabbīs) — cardinal number
  • Uyghur: يىگىرمە ئالتە (yigirme alte) — cardinal number
  • Volapük: teldegmäl — cardinal number
  • Volapük: telsemäl — cardinal number
  • Welsh: chwech ar hugain — cardinal number
  • Welsh: dau ddeg chwech — cardinal number
  • Yiddish: זעקס און צוואַנציק (zeks un tsvantsik) — cardinal number
  • Yup'ik: yuinaq arvinlegen — cardinal number
Real reading context

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