twenty-sixth

American  

[twen-tee-siksth, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈsɪksθ, ˈtwʌn- /

adjective

1. next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.

2. being one of 26 equal parts.

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noun

twenty-sixths plural

1. a twenty-sixth part, especially of one (1/26).

2. the twenty-sixth member of a series.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• twenty-sixths
  plural

Example Sentences

The day of the meeting arrived, and we were led into Trump’s office, on the twenty-sixth floor of Trump Tower, by his personal assistant, an elegant woman named Norma Foerderer.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2019

It was the twenty-sixth film in “The Hazards of Helen” series, and Holmes’s last in the leading role, yet the franchise was far from done.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2018

His corporate offices are on the twenty-sixth floor.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2016

"Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do hereby set apart Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer."

From Time Magazine Archive

Two months later, on November 18, only two days after what would have been Denise’s twenty-sixth birthday, my father telephoned me again with news about the trial.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry