eighteenth

English

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Cardinal: eighteen     Ordinal: eighteenth     Adverbial: eighteen times     Multiplier: eighteenfold     Collective: eighteensome

Etymology

From Middle English eiʒtenþe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/

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• Rhymes: -iːnθ
• Hyphenation: eigh‧teenth

Adjective

eighteenth

1. The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

Synonyms

• 18th, 18^th, XVIIIth; (in royal, papal and other names; for centuries) XVIII

Derived terms

• long eighteenth century

Translations

the ordinal form of the number eighteen — see also 18th

• Afrikaans: agtiende
• Armenian: տասնութերորդ (hy) (tasnutʿerord)
• Asturian: decimoctavu (ast)
• Basque: hemezortzigarren, hamazortzigarren
• Belarusian: васямна́ццаты (vasjamnáccaty)
• Bengali: অষ্টাদশ (ośṭadoś)
• Bulgarian: осемнадесети (bg) (osemnadeseti)
• Catalan: divuitè (ca), dihuité (ca) (Valencian)
• Crimean Tatar: on sekizinci
• Czech: osmnáctý (cs)
• Danish: attende (da)
• Dutch: achttiende (nl)
• Esperanto: dek-oka, dekoka
• Finnish: kahdeksastoista
• French: dix-huitième (fr) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) dix-huit (after the name) (abbreviation XVIII)
• Georgian: მეთვრამეტე (metvrameṭe)
• German: achtzehnte (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀκτωκαιδέκατος (oktōkaidékatos)

• Hindi: अठारहवाँ (hi) (aṭhārahvā̃)
• Hungarian: tizennyolcadik (hu)
• Ingrian: kaheksantoist kymmenäs
• Italian: diciottesimo (it) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) diciottesimo m, diciottesima f (after the name) (abbreviation XVIII)
• Kazakh: он сегізінші (on segızınşı)
• Korean: 열여덟째 (ko) (yeoryeodeoljjae)
• Latin: duodevicesimus (la), octavus decimus
• Latvian: astoņpadsmitais
• Luxembourgish: uechtzéngt
• Macedonian: осумнаесетти (osumnaesetti)
• Malayalam: പതിനെട്ടാം (patineṭṭāṁ), പതിനെട്ടാമത്തെ (patineṭṭāmatte)
• Mongolian: арван наймдугаар (arvan najmdugaar)
• Navajo: tseebíítsʼáadah góneʼ
• Norwegian: attende
• Occitan: dètz-e-uechen
• Persian: هجدهم‎ (fa) (hejdahom)
• Polish: osiemnasty (pl)
• Portuguese: décimo oitavo
• Romanian: optsprezecelea (ro), optșpelea (informal)
• Russian: восемна́дцатый (ru) (vosemnádcatyj)
• Slovak: osemnásty (sk)
• Spanish: decimoctavo (es)
• Swedish: artonde (sv) (abbreviation for monarchs and popes: XVIII), adertonde (sv) (archaic)
• Tagalog: ikalabing-walo
• Tajik: ҳаждаҳум (haždahum)
• Thai: ที่สิบแปด (tîi-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt)
• Turkish: on sekizinci (tr)
• Ukrainian: вісімна́дцятий (uk) (visimnádcjatyj)
• West Frisian: achttjinde
• Yiddish: אַכצנט‎ (akhtsnt)

Noun

eighteenth (plural eighteenths)

1. The person or thing in the eighteenth position.
2. One of eighteen equal parts of a whole.
3. (informal) A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday.

Synonyms

• 18th
• XVIIIth

Translations

the person or thing in the eighteenth position

• Danish: attener c
• Dutch: achttiende (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kahdeksastoista
• French: dix-huitième (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: tizennyolcadik (hu)
• Italian: diciottesimo (it) m, diciottesima (it) f
• Latin: octavus decimus, octavus decimus
• Portuguese: décimo oitavo m
• Spanish: decimoctavo (es) m
• Swedish: artonde (sv)
• Turkish: on sekizinci (tr)

one of eighteen equal parts of a whole

• Catalan: divuitè (ca) m; dihuité (ca) m (Valencian)
• Danish: attendedel c
• Dutch: achttiende (nl) n
• Finnish: kahdeksastoistaosa
• French: dix-huitième (fr) m
• Georgian: მეთვრამეტედი (metvrameṭedi)
• Hungarian: tizennyolcad
• Italian: diciottesimo (it) m
• Latin: octavum decimum n
• Portuguese: décimo oitavo m
• Russian: (одна) восемнадцатая (часть) ((odna) vosemnadcataja (častʹ))
• Spanish: dieciochoavo (es) (adj.)
• Swedish: artondel (sv), artondedel (sv) c
• Yiddish: אַכצנטל‎ n (akhtsntl)