What does eighth mean?
Definitions for eighth
eɪtθ, eɪθeighth
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word eighth.
Princeton's WordNet
eighthnoun
position eight in a countable series of things
one-eighth, eighthadjective
one part in eight equal parts
eighth, 8thadjective
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
Wiktionary
eighthnoun
(eighth ones is used for the plural) The person or thing in the eighth position.
eighthnoun
One of eight equal parts of a whole.
eighthnoun
An "eighth" of an ounce equalling approximately 3.5 grams in marijuana or other drugs.
eighthadjective
The ordinal form of the number eight.
Webster Dictionary
Eighthadjective
next in order after the seventh
Etymology: [AS. eahtoa.]
Eighthadjective
consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing
Etymology: [AS. eahtoa.]
Eighthnoun
the quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part
Etymology: [AS. eahtoa.]
Eighthnoun
the interval of an octave
Etymology: [AS. eahtoa.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'eighth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3065
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eighth in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eighth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of eighth in a Sentence
We believe it highly likely that the death penalty now violates the Eighth Amendment.
He ended up crashing around the eighth hole.
Amending is too big a deal. It's going to take -- it'll be two terms. I'd be in my second term or my eighth year by the time -- assuming everything went smoothly. ... I believe you can win it legally.
If you were mean to me, there were so many other people who were so much worse, i recall you as being one of the kinder people. You were the one in eighth grade who came to visit me in the hospital -- you told me your mother made you come, but you stayed a half-hour, very uncomfortably -- and brought a box of stationery.
We opened them about a week ago and we were writing in them, and on about my sixth or eighth card, somebody had already written in it.
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- agste, agtsteAfrikaans
- ثامنArabic
- səkkizinciAzerbaijani
- восьмыBelarusian
- осмиBulgarian
- অষ্টমBengali
- eizhvetBreton
- vuitèCatalan, Valencian
- osmýCzech
- wythfedWelsh
- ottendeDanish
- Achtel, achteGerman
- okono, okaEsperanto
- octava, octavoSpanish
- katsasEstonian
- zortzigarrenBasque
- هشتمPersian
- kahdeksas, kahdeksannes, kahdeksasosaFinnish
- áttanda, áttandiFaroese
- huitièmeFrench
- achtsteWestern Frisian
- ochtúIrish
- ochdamhScottish Gaelic
- hoghtooManx
- שמיני, שמיניתHebrew
- आठवांHindi
- nyolcadikHungarian
- ութերորդArmenian
- octava, octave, octavoInterlingua
- kedelapanIndonesian
- okesmaIdo
- áttundiIcelandic
- ottavo, ottavaItalian
- 八番目Japanese
- მერვეGeorgian
- сегізіншіKazakh
- ទីប្រាំបីKhmer
- 여덟째Korean
- ههشتهمKurdish
- сегизинчиKyrgyz
- octavus, octavumLatin
- ທີ່ແປດLao
- aštuntas, aštunta, aštuntadalisLithuanian
- astoņi, astotais, astotāLatvian
- осмиMacedonian
- наймдугаарMongolian
- kelapanMalay
- it-tmienMaltese
- အဌမBurmese
- achtsteDutch
- åttendeNorwegian
- tseebíí góneʼNavajo, Navaho
- ósmyPolish
- oitava, oitavoPortuguese
- cel al optulea, cea a optaRomanian
- 8-ой, восьмойRussian
- अष्टमःSanskrit
- osmi, осмиSerbo-Croatian
- අටවැනිSinhala, Sinhalese
- ôsmySlovak
- osmiSlovene
- tetëAlbanian
- åttondel, åttonde, åtta, åttondedelSwedish
- எட்டாவதுTamil
- ҳаштумTajik
- ที่แปดThai
- sekizinjiTurkmen
- ikawaloTagalog
- sekizinciTurkish
- сигезенчеTatar
- восьмийUkrainian
- آٹھواںUrdu
- sakkizinchiUzbek
- thứ támVietnamese
- jölidVolapük
- אַכטYiddish
- 第八Chinese
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