eighteen

A1
US /ˈeɪ(t).tin/ UK /ˈeɪ.tiːn/
num adj noun name Freq #7769

Meanings

  1. 1
    num

    The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

    The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

  2. 2
    adj

    being one more than seventeen

  3. 3
    noun

    the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one

  4. 4
    name

    A surname.

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

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2 adj · being one more than seventeen xviii

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