huitième

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French

French numbers (edit)
80[a], [b], [c]
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: huit
    Ordinal: huitième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 8e, (now nonstandard) 8ème
    Multiplier: octuple

Etymology

Inherited from Old French huictiesme. By surface analysis, huit +‎ -ième.

Pronunciation

Adjective

huitième (plural huitièmes)

  1. (ordinal number) eighth

Derived terms

Noun

huitième m (plural huitièmes)

  1. (fractional number) eighth

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