thirty-six

Language: en

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The cardinal number that is the sum of thirty-five and one; the number 36.
  2. adjective
    Being one more than thirty-five in number; amounting to 36.
  3. noun
    A size of clothing, shoes, or other items designated as 36.; A playing card or domino bearing the number 36, or a set of 36 cards used in certain card games.; In roulette, the number 36 on the wheel, which is the highest number on a standard European roulette table.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable

Collocations

thirty-six years oldthirty-six hoursthirty-six states

Derivatives

thirty-sixththirty-sixfold

Synonyms

36XXXVI

Commonly confused

thirty-sixth
EN: 'Thirty-six' is the cardinal number; 'thirty-sixth' is the ordinal form indicating position in a sequence.

Spelling tips

EN: Always hyphenate compound numbers from twenty-one through ninety-nine: 'thirty-six', not 'thirty six' or 'thirtysix'.

💬 Examples

  1. There are thirty-six students in the classroom.

  2. She celebrated her thirty-sixth birthday last week.

  3. I wear a thirty-six in European shoe sizes.

  4. He drew a thirty-six from the deck.

  5. The ball landed on thirty-six, and she won the bet.