Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)The ordinal form of the number eight.

    achte

    восьмо́йvosʹmój

    во́сьмийvósʹmyj

More definitions
  • coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position

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

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  2. It's on the eighth floor.

    Це на восьмому поверсі. — deniko

    ruЭто на восьмом этаже. — soniamiku

    deEs ist in der achten Etage. — Dokuyaku

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  3. I'm on the eighth floor.

    Я на восьмому поверсі. — zaytsev126

    ruЯ на восьмом этаже. — Lenin_1917

    deIch bin im achten Stock. — riotlake

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  4. I'm in the eighth grade.

    Я у восьмому класі. — deniko

    deIch bin in der achten Klasse. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. She was in the eighth grade.

    ruОна была в восьмом классе. — afyodor

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th:
Русский
By meaning 1
ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ordinal form of the number eight — see also 8th:

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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Synonyms

3 synonyms
8thVIIIth
in names of monarchs and popes:VIII
Close in meaning
  • coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position:8th

Word family

11 related words
Derivedeighth finaleighth gradeeighth gradereighthlyeighthmaneighth maneighth nerveeighth noteeighth poleeighth restsecond five-eighth

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
egreteightA1eighteenA1eightyA1eitherB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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