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xlviii

xlviii

1 9.1
A Roman numeral that means 48
  • numeral
translation icon : XLVIII
  • Super Bowl XLVIII
  • Bowl XLVIII

Examples

  • First to remark on the dynamic of exclusion at work in Les Demoiselles was C. Duncan, "The MoMA's Hot Mamas," Art Journal, XLVIII, no. 2, Summer 1989, 175-76.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The Roman numeral for 48 is XLVIII.

  • In Roman numerals, XLVIII represents the number forty-eight.

  • My birthday is on the XLVIII day of the month.

Synonyms

forty-eight
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24 1.0

A number that comes after forty-seven and before forty-nine

is the same value written as letters from the Roman numeral system

Surface Forms

xlviii roman numeral

Etymology

Xlviii is the Roman way of writing 48, using letters as numbers. XL is '40' because it means '50 minus 10', and VIII is '8' because it is '5 plus three ones', so together they make 48.