twenty-six
num/ˌtwɛntiˈsɪks/
1
The cardinal number immediately following twenty-five and preceding twenty-seven.
- There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
- It was certainly an old smell – of that I could be certain. But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt.2007, Giles Milton, Edward Trencom’s Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue, and Cheese, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 65:
- Synonyms
- six and twenty, 26, XXVI
- Derived terms
- Twenty-Six Counties
- Related terms
- twenty-five, twenty-seven