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Complete Definition of "eighth"

English
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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) AHD|ātth, IPA|/eɪtθ/, SAMPA|/eItT/
(General American|US) AHD|ātth, IPA|/eɪtθ/, /eɪθ/, SAMPA|/eItT/, /eIT/
audio|en-us-eighth.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
eighth

  1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

Abbreviation
8th, 8<sup>th</sup>; (in names of monarchs and popes) VIII

Translations

Breton: eizhvet
Catalan: vuitè (abbreviation 8è)
Chinese: 第八
Crimean Tatar: sekızıncı
Czech: osmý (abbreviation 8.)
Danish: ottende (abbreviation 8.)
Dutch: achtste (abbreviations 8ste, 8e)
Finnish: kahdeksas (abbreviation 8.)
French: huitième (before the noun) (abbreviation 8<sup>ème</sup>); (in names of monarchs and popes) huit (after the name) (abbreviation VIII)
Frisian: achtste (abbreviation 8e)
German: achte (abbreviation 8.)
Indonesian: kedelapan (abbreviation ke-8)
Interlingua: octave (abbreviation 8<sup>e</sup>)
Irish: ochtú (abbreviation 8ú)
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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 (はちばんめ, hachiban-me)
Kurdish: KUchar|هه‌شته‌م
Maltese: it-tmien
Manchu: (jakūci)
Manx: hoghtoo (abbreviation 8oo)
Portuguese: oitavo m, oitava f (abbreviations 8º m, 8ª f)
Romanian: al optulea m, a opta f
Russian: восьмой m (abbreviation 8-ой), восьмая f (abbreviation 8-ая), восьмое n (abbreviation 8-ое), восьмые p (abbreviation 8-ые)
Spanish: octavo m, octava f (abbreviations 8º m, 8ª f)
Swedish: åttonde (abbreviation 8:e)
Tatar: сигезенче
Turkish: sekizinci (abbreviation 8.)
Vietnamese: thứ tám
Welsh: wythfed (abbreviation 8ed)

Noun
en-noun

  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 A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce.

Synonyms
i-c|person or thing in the eighth position eighth one
i-c|one-eighth of an ounce of marijuana henry (UK)

Translations
trans-top|person or thing in the eighth position
Dutch: achtste m|f
Finnish: kahdeksas
French: huitième m|f
Interlingua: octavo m, octava f
Italian: ottavo m, ottava f
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Portuguese: oitavo m, oitava f
Romanian: cel al optulea m, cea a opta f
Swedish: (den) åttonde c
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trans-top|one of eight equal parts of a whole
Dutch: achtste n
Finnish: kahdeksasosa, kahdeksannes
French: huitième m
Interlingua: octavo
Italian: ottavo m
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Portuguese: oitavo m
Swedish: åttondel c
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trans-top|slang: a quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce
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Category:Ordinal numbers

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