octonary

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English

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    Cardinal: eight
    Ordinal: eighth
    Latinate ordinal: octonary
    Adverbial: eight times
    Multiplier: eightfold
    Latinate multiplier: octuple
    Distributive: octuply
    Germanic collective: eightsome
    Germanolatinate collective: octuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: octad
    Greek collective prefix: octo-, octa-
    Latinate collective prefix: octo-
    Fractional: eighth
    Latinate fractional prefix: octant-
    Elemental: octuplet
    Greek prefix: ogdo-
    Number of musicians: octet
    Number of years: octennium

Etymology

From the Latin octōnārius (containing eight), from octōnī (eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).

Adjective

octonary (not comparable)

  1. Of eighth rank or order.
  2. Consisting of eight things

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Noun

octonary (plural octonaries)

  1. A group of eight things

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