eighteenth

eighteenth

English

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Cardinal: eighteen     Ordinal: eighteenth     Adverbial: eighteen times     Multiplier: eighteenfold

Etymology

From Middle English eiʒtenþe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/

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• Rhymes: -iːnθ
• Hyphenation: eigh‧teenth

Adjective

eighteenth

1. The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

Synonyms

• 18th, 18^th, XVIIIth; (in royal, papal and other names; for centuries) XVIII

Derived terms

• long eighteenth century

Translations

the ordinal form of the number eighteen — See also translations at 18th

Afrikaans: agtiende Armenian: տասնութերորդ (hy) (tasnutʿerord) Asturian: decimoctavu (ast) Basque: hemezortzigarren, hamazortzigarren Belarusian: васямна́ццаты (vasjamnáccaty) Bengali: অষ্টাদশ (ôṣṭadôśô) Bulgarian: осемнадесети (bg) (osemnadeseti) Catalan: divuitè (ca), dihuité (ca) (Valencian) Crimean Tatar: on sekizinci Czech: osmnáctý (cs) Danish: attende (da) Dutch: achttiende (nl) Esperanto: dek-oka, dekoka Finnish: kahdeksastoista French: dix-huitième (fr) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) dix-huit (after the name) (abbreviation XVIII) Georgian: მეთვრამეტე (metvrameṭe) German: achtzehnte (de) Greek: Ancient: ὀκτωκαιδέκατος (oktōkaidékatos) Hindi: अठारहवाँ (hi) (aṭhārahvā̃) Hungarian: tizennyolcadik (hu) Ingrian: kaheksantoist kymmenäs Italian: diciottesimo (it) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) diciottesimo m, diciottesima f (after the name) (abbreviation XVIII) Kazakh: он сегізінші (on segızınşı) Korean: 열여덟째 (ko) (yeoryeodeoljjae) Latin: duodevicesimus (la), octavus decimus Latvian: astoņpadsmitais Luxembourgish: uechtzéngt Macedonian: осумнаесетти (osumnaesetti) Malayalam: പതിനെട്ടാം (patineṭṭāṃ), പതിനെട്ടാമത്തെ (patineṭṭāmatte) Mongolian: арван наймдугаар (arvan najmdugaar) Navajo: tseebíítsʼáadah góneʼ Norwegian: attende Occitan: dètz-e-uechen Persian: هجدهم‎ (fa) (hejdahom) Polish: osiemnasty (pl) Portuguese: décimo oitavo Romanian: optsprezecelea (ro), optșpelea (informal) Russian: восемна́дцатый (ru) (vosemnádcatyj) Slovak: osemnásty (sk) Spanish: decimoctavo (es) Swedish: artonde (sv) (abbreviation for monarchs and popes: XVIII), adertonde (sv) (archaic) Tagalog: ikalabing-walo Tajik: ҳаждаҳум (haždahum) Thai: ที่สิบแปด (tîi-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt) Turkish: on sekizinci (tr) Ukrainian: вісімна́дцятий (uk) (visimnádcjatyj) West Frisian: achttjinde Yiddish: אַכצנט‎ (akhtsnt)

Noun

eighteenth (plural eighteenths)

1. The person or thing in the eighteenth position.
2. One of eighteen equal parts of a whole.
3. (informal) A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday.

Synonyms

• 18th
• XVIIIth

Translations

the person or thing in the eighteenth position

Danish: attener c Dutch: achttiende (nl) m or f Finnish: kahdeksastoista French: dix-huitième (fr) m or f Hungarian: tizennyolcadik (hu) Italian: diciottesimo (it) m, diciottesima (it) f Latin: octavus decimus, octavus decimus Portuguese: décimo oitavo m Spanish: decimoctavo (es) m Swedish: artonde (sv) Turkish: on sekizinci (tr)

one of eighteen equal parts of a whole

Catalan: divuitè (ca) m; dihuité (ca) m (Valencian) Danish: attendedel c Dutch: achttiende (nl) n Finnish: kahdeksastoistaosa French: dix-huitième (fr) m Georgian: მეთვრამეტედი (metvrameṭedi) Hungarian: tizennyolcad Italian: diciottesimo (it) m Latin: octavum decimum n Portuguese: décimo oitavo m Russian: (одна) восемнадцатая (часть) ((odna) vosemnadcataja (častʹ)) Spanish: dieciochoavo (es) (adj.) Swedish: artondel (sv), artondedel (sv) c Yiddish: אַכצנטל‎ n (akhtsntl)