eighth

English

English ordinal numbers

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Ordinal : eighth     Cardinal : eight

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ātth, IPA: /eɪtθ/, X-SAMPA: /eItT/
• (GenAm) enPR: ātth, IPA: /eʔθ/, /eɪtθ/, /eɪθ/, X-SAMPA: /eItT/, /eIT/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtθ

Adjective

eighth

1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

Abbreviations

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

Translations

ordinal form of the number eight

• Afrikaans: agste (af)
• Albanian: tetë (sq)
• Arabic: ثامن (ar) (ṯāmin) m
• Armenian: ութերորդ (hy) (ut'erord)
• Azeri: səkkizinci (az)
• Basque: zortzigarren (eu)
• Belarusian: восьмы (be) (vós’my) m
• Bengali: অষ্টম (bn) (ôshţôm)
• Breton: eizhvet
• Bulgarian: осми (bg) (ósmi) m
• Burmese: အဌမ (my) (a' htama.)
• Catalan: vuitè (abbreviation 8è)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第八 (cmn) (dìbā)

• Crimean Tatar: sekizinci
• Czech: osmý (cs) m (abbreviation 8.)
• Danish: ottende (da) (abbreviation 8.)
• Dutch: achtste (abbreviations 8ste, 8e)
• Esperanto: oka (eo)
• Estonian: katsas (et)
• Faroese: áttandi (fo) m, áttanda (fo) f and n
• Finnish: kahdeksas (abbreviation 8.)
• French: huitième (before the noun) (abbreviation 8^ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) huit (after the name) (abbreviation VIII)
• Georgian: მერვე (ka) (merve)
• German: achte (abbreviation 8.)
• Hawaiian: walu
• Hebrew: שמיני (he) (shmini)
• Hindi: आठवां (hi) (āṭhvā̃)
• Hungarian: nyolcadik (hu)
• Icelandic: áttundi (is)
• Ido: okesma (io)
• Indonesian: kedelapan (abbreviation ke-8)
• Interlingua: octave (abbreviation 8^e)
• Irish: ochtú (abbreviation 8ú)
• Italian: ottavo m, ottava f (before the noun) (abbreviations 8º m, 8ª f); (in names of monarchs and popes) ottavo m, ottava f (after the name) (abbreviation VIII)
• Japanese: 八番目 (ja) (はちばんめ, hachiban-me)
• Kazakh: сегізінші (kk) (segizinşi)
• Khmer: ទីប្រាំបី (km) (tii pram bəi)
• Korean: 여덟째 (ko) (yeodeolpjjae)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هه‌شته‌م

• Kyrgyz: сегизинчи (ky) (segizinçi)
• Lao: ທີ່ແປດ (lo) (tʰī̀ pǣt)
• Latgalian: ostoni
• Latin: octavus (la)
• Latvian: astoņi (lv)
• Lithuanian: aštuntas (lt) m, aštunta (lt) f
• Macedonian: осми (mk) (ósmi) m
• Malay: kelapan (ms)
• Maltese: it-tmien
• Manchu: (jakūci)
• Manx: hoghtoo (abbreviation 8oo)
• Mongolian: наймдугаар (mn) (najmdugaar)
• Navajo: tseebíí góneʼ
• Norwegian: åttende (no)
• Persian: هشتم (fa) (haštom)
• Polish: ósmy (pl) m (abbreviation 8.)
• Portuguese: oitavo m, oitava f (abbreviations 8º m, 8ª f)
• Romanian: al optulea m, a opta f
• Russian: восьмой (ru) (vos’mój) m, 8-ой (ru) (abbreviation)
• Sanskrit: अष्टमः (sa) (aṣṭamaḥ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ochdamh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: осми (sh) m

  Roman: osmi (sh) m

• Sinhalese: අටවැනි (si) (aṭavæni)
• Slovak: ôsmy (sk) m
• Slovene: osmi (sl) m
• Spanish: octavo m, octava f; (abbreviations) 8º m, 8ª f
• Swedish: åttonde (sv) (abbreviation 8:e)
• Tagalog: ikawalo (tl)
• Tajik: ҳаштум (tg) (haštum)
• Tatar: сигезенче (tt) (sigezençe)
• Thai: ที่แปด (th) (têe bpàet)
• Turkish: sekizinci (abbreviations 8'inci, 8.)
• Turkmen: sekizinji (tk)
• Ukrainian: восьмий (uk) (vós’myj) m
• Urdu: آٹھواں (ur) (āṭhvā̃)
• Uzbek: sakkizinchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: thứ tám (vi)
• Volapük: jölid (vo)
• Welsh: wythfed (abbreviation 8fed)
• West Frisian: achtste (abbreviation 8e)
• Yiddish: אַכט (yi) (akht)

Noun

eighth (plural eighths)

1. (eighth ones is used for the plural) The person or thing in the eighth position.
2. One of eight equal parts of a whole.
3. (slang) An "eighth" of an ounce equalling approximately 3.5 grams in marijuana or other drugs.

Synonyms

• (person or thing in the eighth position): eighth one
• (One of eight equal parts): ⅛, henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the UK)

Translations

person or thing in the eighth position

• Armenian: ութերորդ (hy) (ut'erord)
• Basque: zortzigarren (eu)
• Dutch: achtste (nl)
• Finnish: kahdeksas (fi)
• French: huitième (fr) m and f
• German: Achte (de)
• Interlingua: octavo m, octava f
• Italian: ottavo (it) m, ottava (it) f

• Latgalian: ostoits m, ostoita f
• Latin: octavus (la)
• Latvian: astotais (lv) m, astotā (lv) f
• Lithuanian: aštuntas (lt) m, aštunta (lt) f
• Portuguese: oitavo (pt) m, oitava (pt) f
• Romanian: cel al optulea m, cea a opta f
• Swedish: (den) åttonde (sv) c, åtta (sv) c
• Turkish: sekizinci (tr)

one of eight equal parts of a whole

• Armenian: ութերորդ (hy) (ut'erord)
• Dutch: achtste (nl) n
• Esperanto: okono (eo)
• Finnish: kahdeksasosa (fi), kahdeksannes (fi)
• French: huitième (fr) m
• German: Achtel (de) n
• Hawaiian: hapawalu
• Hebrew: שמינית (he) (shminít) f

• Interlingua: octavo
• Italian: ottavo (it) m
• Latgalian: astotdaļa f
• Latin: octavum (la) n
• Lithuanian: aštuntadalis (lt) m
• Portuguese: oitavo (pt) m
• Spanish: octavo (es) m
• Swedish: åttondel (sv) c, åttondedel (sv) c

slang: a quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce

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