eighteen
UK/ˈeɪ.tiːn//ˈeɪ(t).tin/
eighteen numeral: the cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
Numeral
eighteen
- The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
- The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.1971, Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Proper noun capitalized: Eighteen
Eighteen
- A surname.
eighteen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eighteen in Hindi
- cardinal number
- अठारह aṭhārah
eighteen in Tamil
- cardinal number
- பதினெட்டு patiṉeṭṭu
eighteen in Marathi
- eighteen
- अठरा aṭhrā
eighteen in Urdu
- cardinal number
- اٹھارہ aṭhārah
More languagesFewer languages
- eighteen in Bengali
- আঠারো aṭharō
- eighteen in Telugu
- పద్దెనిమిది paddenimidi
- eighteen in Malayalam
- പതിനെട്ട് patineṭṭŭ
- eighteen in Kannada
- ಹದಿನೆಂಟು hadineṇṭu
- eighteen in Punjabi
- ਅਠਾਰਾਂ aṭhārā̃
- eighteen in Gujarati
- અઢાર aḍhār
- eighteen in Odia
- ଅଠର aṭhara
- eighteen in Sanskrit
- अष्टादश aṣṭādaśa
- eighteen in Sinhala
- දහඅට dahaaṭa
- eighteen in Assamese
- ওঠৰ üthoro
- eighteen in Nepali
- अठार aṭhāra
- eighteen in Pashto
- اتلس atəlas
- eighteen in Tagalog
- labingwalo
- eighteen in Arabic
- ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ ṯamāniyata ʕašara
- eighteen in Malay
- lapan belas, delapan belas, sepuluh lapan, sepuluh delapan
- eighteen in Indonesian
- delapan belas
- eighteen in Persian
- هجده hejdah, هیجده hijdah
- eighteen in Thai
- สิบแปด sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt
- eighteen in Vietnamese
- mười tám
- eighteen in Myanmar
- ဆယ့်ရှစ် hcai.hrac
- Dhivehi
- އަށާރަ aṣāra
- Dzongkha
- བཅོ་བརྒྱད bco brgyad
Examples of eighteen in a sentence
- My personal best in that race is eighteen minutes, four seconds.
- We have eighteen combines in the field at any given time.
- After eighteen hours of proofreading, I was completely zonked.
Forms of eighteen
| alternative form | 18 |
|---|---|
| alternative form | XVIII |
Origin of eighteen
From Middle English eightetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten. Equivalent to eight + -teen.
Derived from place names such as Ayton, Eaton, and Eton.
Words formed from eighteen
Phrases with eighteen
Words that rhyme with eighteen
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about eighteen
- What does eighteen mean?
- Eighteen means the cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
- What is eighteen in Hindi?
- Eighteen in Hindi is अठारह (aṭhārah). See Eighteen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eighteen?
- Eighteen can be a numeral or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce eighteen?
- Eighteen is pronounced /ˈeɪ(t).tin/ (US).
Words near eighteen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eighteen (page history and authors); Eighteen (page history and authors); अठरा (Marathi) (page history and authors); ওঠৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); अठार (Nepali) (page history and authors); اتلس (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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