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eighteenth

/ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
eigh-teenth
IPA
/ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

noun

The person or thing in the eighteenth position.

noun

One of eighteen equal parts of a whole.

noun

A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday.

Informal

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eightetenthe, eightetethe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: eightetenthe, eahtatēoþa, *ahtudô tehundô

Usage

Inflected Forms

eighteenths (plural)

Derived Forms

eighteenthly

Phrases

long eighteenth century

Synonyms

18th XVIIIth XVIII

Rhymes With

nineteenth sixteenth thirteenth fourteenth seventeenth fifteenth friday the 13th juneteenth greenth

Questions

How do you pronounce eighteenth?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/.
What does eighteenth mean?
The ordinal form of the number eighteen.
Where does eighteenth come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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