English

Numeral

thirty-eighth

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number thirty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 38 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the thirty-eighth page of the book.

   She finished thirty-eighth in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 38th, 38^th

Noun

thirty-eighth ‎(plural thirty-eighths)

1. (fractional) One of thirty-eight equal parts of a whole.

   A thirty-eighth of 760 is 20.