eighth
/eɪtθ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.20 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
The ordinal form of the number eight.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane."
- "The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective."
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: eightethe, eahtoþa, *ahtudô
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /eɪtθ/
- British English: /eɪtθ/