eighth

Noun · Adjective
US[eytth]/eɪtθ/1 syllablealso [eyth] /eɪθ/
Synonyms: one-eighth8th

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Adjective (1)

  1. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in positionSynonyms: 8thOpposite cardinalSimilar ordinal

Noun (2)

  1. position eight in a countable series of thingsType of rank
  2. one part in eight equal partsSynonyms: one-eighthType of common fraction, simple fraction
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Translations

Adjective ordinal form of the number eight

Spanish
octavo
French
huitième
German
achte
Italian
ottavo
Portuguese
oitavo
Turkish
sekizinci
Russian
восьмо́й vosʹmój
Arabic
ثَامِن ṯāmin
Chinese
第八 dìbā
Japanese
八番目 hachiban-me
34 more languages
Dutch
achtste
Polish
ósmy
Swedish
åttonde
Greek
όγδοος ógdoos
Korean
여덟째 yeodeoljjae
Indonesian
kedelapan
Vietnamese
thứ tám
Hungarian
nyolcadik
Portuguese (PT)
oitavo
Chinese (Trad.)
第八 dìbā
Albanian
i tetë
Breton
eizhvet
Catalan
vuitè
Czech
osmý
Danish
ottende
Esperanto
oka
Estonian
kaheksas
Finnish
kahdeksas
Georgian
მერვე merve
Hebrew
שמיני shmini
Icelandic
áttundi
Kurdish
heştem
Latvian
astotais
Lithuanian
aštuntas
Malagasy
fahavalo
Norwegian
åttende
Romanian
al optulea
Scottish Gaelic
ochdamh
Serbo-Croatian
osmi
Slovak
ôsmy
Slovenian
osmi
Swahili
ya nane
Welsh
wythfed
Yiddish
אַכט akht

Noun one of eight equal parts of a whole

Spanish
octavo
French
huitième
German
Achtel
Italian
ottavo
Portuguese
oitavo
Russian
восьма́я vosʹmája
Arabic
ثُمْن ṯumn
Dutch
achtste
Swedish
åttondel
Greek
όγδοος ógdoos
8 more languages
Hungarian
nyolcad
Portuguese (PT)
oitavo
Esperanto
okono
Georgian
მერვედი mervedi
Romanian
optime
Swahili
thumuni
Yiddish
אַכטל akhtl

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Eighth (ātth), adjective

Origin: AS. eahtoða.

1. Next in order after the seventh.

2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.

Eighth note Music, the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver.


Eighth noun

1. The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

2. Music The interval of an octave.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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