eighth
Noun · AdjectiveUS[eytth]/eɪtθ/1 syllablealso [eyth] /eɪθ/
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
Noun (2)
- position eight in a countable series of thingsType of rank
- 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
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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