eighth
UK/eɪtθ//eɪtθ/
eighth adjective: the ordinal form of the number eight.
Adjective
eighth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number eight.
- Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 21
- In 2023, the birthrate fell for the eighth consecutive year to 0.72, the lowest in the world, from 1.24 in 2015, raising concerns over the economic shock to society from such a rapid pace.2025 February 25, “South Korea’s birth rate rose for the first time in 9 years. Is the world’s lowest fertility rate on the rebound?”, in CNN, sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 06...
Noun
eighth (plural eighths)
- The person or thing in the eighth position.
- Synonyms:
- eighth one
- One of eight equal parts of a whole.
- Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.
- Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have determined that the young skull is only an eighth as strong as an adult one.2000 October 3, Eric Nagourney, “VITAL SIGNS: PROTECTION; A Measure of an Infant Skull's Strength”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022
- Synonyms:
- ⅛, half-quarter, henry, ⅛ oz
- An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
- At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane.2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 499
- An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.
- Synonyms:
- octave
Verb
eighth (third-person singular simple present eighths, present participle eighthing, simple past and past participle eighthed)
- To divide by eight.
- The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective.2013, Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking, page 31
eighth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eighth in Hindi
- ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
- आठवाँ āṭhvā̃
eighth in Tamil
- ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
- எட்டாம் eṭṭām, எட்டாவது eṭṭāvatu
eighth in Marathi
- eighth
- आठवे āṭhve
eighth in Urdu
- ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th
- آٹھواں āṭhvā̃
More languagesFewer languages
- eighth in Bengali
- অষ্টম ośṭom
- eighth in Telugu
- అష్టమము aṣṭamamu, ఎనిమిదవ enimidava, పరక paraka
- eighth in Malayalam
- എട്ടാം eṭṭāṁ, എട്ടാമത്തെ eṭṭāmatte
- eighth in Kannada
- ಅಷ್ಟಮ aṣṭama
- eighth in Gujarati
- આઠમું āṭhamũ
- eighth in Sanskrit
- अष्टम aṣṭama
- eighth in Sinhala
- අටවැනි aṭawæni
- eighth in Tagalog
- ikawalo
- eighth in Arabic
- ثَامِن ṯāmin, ثَامِنَة ṯāmina, ثُمْن ṯumn
- eighth in Malay
- kelapan
- eighth in Indonesian
- kedelapan
- eighth in Persian
- هشتم haštom
- eighth in Thai
- ที่แปด tîi-bpɛ̀ɛt
- eighth in Vietnamese
- thứ tám
- eighth in Myanmar
- အဋ္ဌမ athta.ma.
Examples of eighth in a sentence
- The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
- The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
- By the eighth mile, I was sure that finishing the 10-mile hike would do me in.
Synonyms of eighth
Forms of eighth
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | eight |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | eightth |
| Noun | |
| plural | eighths |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | eighths |
| present participle | eighthing |
| past participle | eighthed |
| past | eighthed |
Origin of eighth
Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Words formed from eighth
Phrases with eighth
Words that rhyme with eighth
Questions about eighth
- What does eighth mean?
- Eighth means the ordinal form of the number eight.
- What is eighth in Hindi?
- Eighth in Hindi is आठवाँ (āṭhvā̃). See Eighth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eighth?
- Eighth can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce eighth?
- Eighth is pronounced /eɪtθ/ (UK).
Words near eighth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eighth (page history and authors); आठवे (Marathi) (page history and authors); అష్టమము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಅಷ್ಟಮ (Kannada) (page history and authors); આઠમું (Gujarati) (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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