eighth

English

English numbers (edit)
80
   7 8 9   
    Cardinal: eight
    Ordinal: eighth
    Multiplier: octuple, eightfold
    Distributive: octuply

Etymology

From Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ātth, IPA(key): /eɪtθ/
  • (General American) enPR: ātth, āth, IPA(key): /eɪtθ/, /eɪθ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪtθ, -eɪθ

Adjective

eighth

  1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

Synonyms

  • 8th, 8th; (in names of monarchs and popes) VIII

Translations

Noun

eighth (plural eighths)

  1. The person or thing in the eighth position.
  2. One of eight equal parts of a whole.
  3. (slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.

Synonyms

  • (person or thing in the eighth position): eighth one
  • (One of eight equal parts): , henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the UK)

Coordinate terms

  • (One of eight equal parts): epogoon (a number greater by a ratio of 1⅛)

Translations

Verb

eighth (third-person singular simple present eighths, present participle eighthing, simple past and past participle eighthed)

  1. to divide by eight

Anagrams

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