twenty-seventh

American  

[twen-tee-sev-uhnth, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈsɛv ənθ, ˈtwʌn- /

adjective

1. next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.

2. being one of 27 equal parts.

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noun

• twenty-sevenths
  plural

1. a twenty-seventh part, especially of one (1/27).

2. the twenty-seventh member of a series.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• twenty-sevenths
  plural

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“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

Peter Jacobsen, who’d tied for twenty-seventh at Kemper Lakes, found Payne later at a private reception for the winner of the Wanamaker Trophy.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 7, 2019

Productivity at Warsaw's Zeran Automobile Works is down to one twenty-seventh of the prevailing rate at U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the advertising ranks, Bleiler shows up in tenth place, Tara Dakides holds the twenty-sixth spot with Janna Meyen right on her tail in twenty-seventh, and Jessica Dalpiaz holds on to fiftieth place.

From Time Magazine Archive

On June twenty-seventh of that year, nineteen thirty-seven, Joe Louis knocked out James J. Braddock to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The most important characteristics of the gift are: introduction of diagonal line and triangular form; division into thirds, ninths, and twenty-sevenths; illustration of the inclined plane and cube-root.

From Froebel's Gifts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

In the Fifth Gift the child sees three and its multiples; in fractions, halves, quarters, eighths, thirds, ninths, and twenty-sevenths.

From Children's Rights A book of nursery logic by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Ye see, every day, the interest is a penny and twenty-six twenty-sevenths of a farthin.

From The Duke of Stockbridge by Edward Bellamy