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eighth

adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ātth
  • Received-Pronunciation: /eɪtθ/
  • General-American: ātth
  • General-American: āth
  • General-American: /eɪtθ/
  • General-American: /eɪθ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ɛj(ʈ)t̪h/
  • South-Asia: /e(ʈ)t̪h/ pane–pain merger
  • rhymes with -eɪtθ
  • rhymes with -eɪθ
  • CMU ARPABET: EY1 T TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: EY1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number eight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The person or thing in the eighth position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One of eight equal parts of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To divide by eight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 8th

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

one part in eight equal parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one-eighth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: common fraction, simple fraction

9

noun

Meaning 9

position eight in a countable series of things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rank

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European *oḱtowós Proto-Germanic *ahtudô Proto-West Germanic *ahtudō Old English eahtoþa Middle English eightethe English eighth Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

Across languages

Translations

200 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: agste — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Afrikaans: agtste — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Albanian: tetë — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Southern Altai: сегизинчи (segizinči) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Arabic: ثَامِن (ṯāmin) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Arabic: ثَامِنَة (ṯāmina) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Arabic: تامن (tāmin) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Arabic: ثامِن (ṯāmin, tāmin) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܡܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (tmīnāyā) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܡܝܼܢܵܝܬܵܐ (tmīnāytā) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Armenian: ութերորդ (utʻerord) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Asturian: octavu — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Azerbaijani: səkkizinci — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Bashkir: һигеҙенсе (higeźense) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Basque: zortzigarren — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Belarusian: во́сьмы (vósʹmy) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Bengali: অষ্টম (ośṭom) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Breton: eizhvet — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Bulgarian: о́сми (ósmi) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Burmese: အဋ္ဌမ (athta.ma.) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Buryat: наймадахи (najmadaxi) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Carpathian Rusyn: во́смый (vósmŷj) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Catalan: vuitè — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第八 (dìbā) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Crimean Tatar: sekizinci — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Czech: osmý — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Danish: ottende — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Dutch: achtste — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Esperanto: oka — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Estonian: kaheksas — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Evenki: дяпкӣ (ʒapkī) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Faroese: áttandi — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Finnish: kahdeksas — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • French: huitième — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • French: huit — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Old French: huictiesme — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • North Frisian: aachst — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • North Frisian: achs — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • West-Frisian: achtste — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Gagauz: sekizinci — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Georgian: მერვე (merve) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • German: achte — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰 (ahtuda) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Greek: όγδοος (ógdoos) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Ancient Greek: ὄγδοος (ógdoos) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Hawaiian: walu — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Hebrew: שמיני (shmini) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Hindi: आठवां (āṭhvā̃) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Hungarian: nyolcadik — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Icelandic: áttundi — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Ido: okesma — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Indonesian: kedelapan — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Ingrian: kaheksas — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Interlingua: octave — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Irish: ochtú — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Italian: ottavo — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Italian: ottavo — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Italian: ottava — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Japanese: 八番目 (hachiban-me) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Kalmyk: нәәмдгч (näämdgç) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Kazakh: сегізінші (segızınşı) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Khakas: сигізінӌі (sigìzìncì) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Khmer: ទីប្រាំបី (tii pram bəi) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Korean: 여덟째 (yeodeoljjae) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Central Kurdish: ھەشتەم (heştem) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Kyrgyz: сегизинчи (segizinci) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Lao: ທີ່ແປດ (thī pǣt) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Latgalian: ostoni — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Latin: octavus — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Latvian: astotais — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Lithuanian: aštuntas — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Luxembourgish: Aachtel — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Macedonian: осми (osmi) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Malay: kelapan — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Malayalam: എട്ടാം (eṭṭāṁ) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Malayalam: എട്ടാമത്തെ (eṭṭāmatte) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Maltese: it-tmien — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Manx: hoghtoo — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Māori: tuawaru — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Māori: te waru — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Middle English: eightethe — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Mongolian: наймдугаар (najmdugaar) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Mongolian: наймдахь (najmdaxʹ) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Navajo: tseebíí góneʼ — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åttende — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åttande — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Old Church Slavonic: осмъ (osmŭ) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Old Prussian: asmus — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Pali: aṭṭhama — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Persian: هشتم (haštom) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Polish: ósmy — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Portuguese: oitavo — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Romanian: optulea — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Russian: восьмо́й (vosʹmój) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Northern Sami: gávccát — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Samogitian: aštonts — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Sanskrit: अष्टम (aṣṭama) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Scots: echt — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Scottish Gaelic: ochdamh — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Serbo-Croatian: осми — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Serbo-Croatian: osmi — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Shor: сегизинчи — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Sinhalese: අටවැනි (aṭawæni) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Slovak: ôsmy — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Slovene: osmi — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Lower Sorbian: wósymy — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Upper Sorbian: wosmy — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Spanish: octavo — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Swedish: åttonde — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Tagalog: ikawalo — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Tajik: ҳаштум (haštum) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Tamil: எட்டாம் (eṭṭām) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Tamil: எட்டாவது (eṭṭāvatu) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Tatar: сигезенче (sigezençe) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Thai: ที่แปด (tîi-bpɛ̀ɛt) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Tocharian B: oktante — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Turkish: sekizinci — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Turkmen: sekizinji — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Ukrainian: во́сьмий (vósʹmyj) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Urdu: آٹھواں (āṭhvā̃) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Uzbek: sakkizinchi — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Vietnamese: thứ tám — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Volapük: jölid — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Welsh: wythfed — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Yakut: ахсыс (aqsïs) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Yiddish: אַכט (akht) — ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
  • Afrikaans: agtste — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Armenian: ութերորդ (utʻerord) — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Basque: zortzigarren — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Dutch: achtste — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Estonian: kaheksas — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Finnish: kahdeksas — person or thing in the eighth position
  • French: huitième — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Old French: huictiesme — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Galician: oitava — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Galician: oitavo — person or thing in the eighth position
  • German: Achte — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Greek: όγδοος (ógdoos) — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Hungarian: nyolcadik — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Interlingua: octavo — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Interlingua: octava — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Italian: ottavo — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Italian: ottava — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Latgalian: ostoits — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Latgalian: ostoita — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Latin: octavus — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Latvian: astotais — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Latvian: astotā — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Lithuanian: aštuntas — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Lithuanian: aštunta — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Māori: tuawaru — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Portuguese: oitavo — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Portuguese: oitava — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Romanian: al optulea — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Romanian: a opta — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Russian: восьмой (vosʹmoj) — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Russian: восьмая (vosʹmaja) — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Russian: восьмое (vosʹmoje) — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Swedish: åttonde — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Swedish: åtta — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Turkish: sekizinci — person or thing in the eighth position
  • Arabic: ثُمْن (ṯumn) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Armenian: ութերորդ (utʻerord) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Aromanian: uptimi — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Bulgarian: осма (osma) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Dutch: achtste — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Esperanto: okono — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Estonian: kaheksandik — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: kahdeksasosa — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: kahdeksannes — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • French: huitième — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Old French: huictiesme — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Galician: oitavo — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Georgian: მერვედი (mervedi) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • German: Achtel — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Greek: όγδοος (ógdoos) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Hawaiian: hapawalu — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Hebrew: שמינית (shminít) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Hungarian: nyolcad — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Ido: okima — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Interlingua: octavo — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Italian: ottavo — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Latgalian: astotdaļa — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Latin: octans — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Latin: octavum — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Lithuanian: aštuntadalis — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Macedonian: осмина (osmina) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Māori: hauwaru — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Plautdietsch: Achtel (nds) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Portuguese: oitavo — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Romanian: optime — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Russian: восьмая — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Spanish: octavo — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Swahili: thumuni — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: åttondel — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: åttondedel — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Turkish: sekizde bir — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Ukrainian: одна восьма (odna vosʹma) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • Yiddish: אַכטל (akhtl) — one of eight equal parts of a whole
  • German: achteln — divide by eight
Real reading context

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