eighteen
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English[edit]
← 17 | 18 | 19 → |
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Cardinal: eighteen Ordinal: eighteenth Adverbial: eighteen times Multiplier: eighteenfold |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English eiȝtetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (next word stressed near the first syllable)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ(t).tin/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.tiːn/
Audio (US) (file) - (next word stressed after the first syllable)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ(t)ˈtin/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌeɪˈtiːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Numeral[edit]
eighteen
- The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
- 1971, Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
- The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Related terms[edit]
- Ordinal: eighteenth
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
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