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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries二十八
Pronunciation / Transliteration: nijūhachi
"平年の2月には二十八日があります。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Equivalent to the product of four and seven, or the sum of twenty-seven and one; being one more than twenty-seven.
"There are twenty-eight days in the month of February during a common year."
- 1
A cardinal number equal to 28; a digit or symbol representing this number.
"She wrote the number twenty-eight on the blackboard."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'twēntig' (twenty) and 'eahtata' (eight), combining the terms for the number 20 and the number 8. The compounding reflects standard Germanic numeral formation principles shared across Indo-European languages.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Twenty-eight" is said worldwide
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vingt-huit
Transliteration: vɛ̃t ɥit
"Le mois de février a vingt-huit jours certaines années."
achtundzwanzig
Transliteration: axt.ʊntˈtsvantsɪç
"Der Februar hat in gemeinen Jahren achtundzwanzig Tage."
ventotto
Transliteration: venˈtɔt.to
"Febbraio ha ventotto giorni negli anni non bisestili."
veintiocho
Transliteration: bejnˈti.o.tʃo
"Febrero tiene veintiocho días en los años comunes."
vinte e oito
Transliteration: ˈvĩ.tʃi i ˈoj.tu
"Fevereiro tem vinte e oito dias nos anos comuns."
अट्ठासी / अट्ठाइस
Transliteration: atthais
Script: अट्ठाइस
"सामान्य वर्ष में फरवरी में अट्ठाइस दिन होते हैं।"
二十八
Transliteration: èr shí bā
"平年的二月有二十八天。"
스물여덟
Transliteration: seumul-yeodeolp
"평년의 2월은 스물여덟 일이 있다."
二十八
Transliteration: nijūhachi
"平年の2月には二十八日があります。"
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