eighteenth

C2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity
US /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/
adj noun Freq #41386

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    coming next after the seventeenth in position

    The eighteenth example follows the same pattern.

  2. 2
    noun

    position 18 in a countable series of things

    The eighteenth example follows the same pattern.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
xviiith

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eightetenthe, eightetethe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô. Equivalent to eighteen + -th (ordinal suffix).

Topics

markdown

Send feedback

Optional — only if you'd like a reply.