eighth

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun position eight in a countable series of things
  2. noun one part in eight equal parts
  3. adjective coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

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