Meaning

4 senses
  1. The person or thing in the eighth position.

    Achte

    восьмойvosʹmoj, восьмаяvosʹmaja, восьмоеvosʹmoje

  2. One of eight equal parts of a whole.

    Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.

    Achtel

    восьмая

    одна восьмаodna vosʹma

    one part in eight equal parts

  3. (slang)An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.

  4. An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.

Examples

56 sentences
  1. Neptune is the eighth planet of the solar system.

    Нептун - восьма планета Сонячної системи. — uaspeaker

    ruНептун — восьмая планета Солнечной системы. — Hellerick

    deNeptun ist der achte Planet des Sonnensystems. — Esperantostern

  2. It's on the eighth floor.

    Це на восьмому поверсі. — deniko

    ruЭто на восьмом этаже. — soniamiku

    deEs ist in der achten Etage. — Dokuyaku

  3. I'm on the eighth floor.

    Я на восьмому поверсі. — zaytsev126

    ruЯ на восьмом этаже. — Lenin_1917

    deIch bin im achten Stock. — riotlake

  4. I'm in the eighth grade.

    Я у восьмому класі. — deniko

    deIch bin in der achten Klasse. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. She was in the eighth grade.

    ruОна была в восьмом классе. — afyodor

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one of eight equal parts of a whole:
Русский
By meaning 1
person or thing in the eighth position:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person or thing in the eighth position:
one of eight equal parts of a whole:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ah

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

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Forms

plural: eighths
Singulareighth
Pluraleighths

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
One of eight equal parts:henry⅛half-quarter
twice the frequency:octave
person or thing in the eighth position:eighth one
ochava (historical Spanish contexts):⅛ oz
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eighth — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto