eighth
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English
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| Cardinal: eight Ordinal: eighth Abbreviated ordinal: 8th Latinate ordinal: octonary Adverbial: eight times Multiplier: eightfold Latinate multiplier: octuple Distributive: octuply Germanic collective: eightsome Collective of n parts: octuplet Greek or Latinate collective: octad Greek collective prefix: octo-, octa- Latinate collective prefix: octo- Fractional: eighth Elemental: octuplet Greek prefix: ogdo- Number of musicians: octet Number of years: octennium | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ātth, IPA(key): /eɪtθ/
- (General American) enPR: ātth, āth, IPA(key): /eɪtθ/, /eɪθ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtθ, -eɪθ
Adjective
eighth (not comparable)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
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Noun
eighth (plural eighths)
- The person or thing in the eighth position.
- One of eight equal parts of a whole.
- Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.
- (slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
- 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 499:
- At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane.
Synonyms
- (person or thing in the eighth position): eighth one
- (One of eight equal parts): ⅛, half-quarter, henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the UK)
- (⅛ oz.): ochava (historical Spanish contexts)
Coordinate terms
- (One of eight equal parts): epogdoon (a number greater by a ratio of nine to eight; 11⁄8)
Translations
person or thing in the eighth position
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one of eight equal parts of a whole
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slang: a quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce
Verb
eighth (third-person singular simple present eighths, present participle eighthing, simple past and past participle eighthed)
- (transitive) To divide by eight.