eighteen

US /ˈeɪ(t).tin/ UK /ˈeɪ.tiːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #7769

Meanings

1

num
The number 18, coming after seventeen and before nineteen.

You can vote when you are eighteen years old.
2

noun
The number eighteen.

There were eighteen of us at the party.

Etymology

From Middle English eightetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten. Equivalent to eight + -teen

eightetene Middle English eahtatīene Old English *ahtōutehun Proto-Germanic

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# eighteen

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** num, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈeɪ(t).tin/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈeɪ.tiːn/
**Frequency rank:** 7769

## Meanings
1. The number 18, coming after seventeen and before nineteen.
2. The number eighteen.

## Examples
- You can vote when you are eighteen years old.
- There were eighteen of us at the party.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: eightetene
- Root: eahtatīene
- Root: *ahtōutehun

## Etymology
From Middle English eightetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten. Equivalent to eight + -teen

## AI Etymology
Eighteen comes from Middle English eightetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten. Equivalent to eight + -teen. In current use, the main senses are “The number 18, coming after seventeen and before nineteen” and “The number eighteen”.

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