eighteenth
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/
Adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the number eighteen.
Abbreviations
  • 18th, 18th; (in royal, papal and other names; for centuries) XVIII
Translations
  • French: dix-huitième (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) dix-huit (after the name) (abbreviation XVIII)
  • German: achtzehnte
  • Italian: diciottesimo (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) diciottesimo m, diciottesima f (after the name) (abbreviation XVIII)
  • Portuguese: décimo oitavo
  • Russian: восемна́дцатый
  • Spanish: decimoctavo
Noun

eighteenth (plural eighteenths)

  1. The person or thing in the eighteenth position.
  2. One of eighteen equal parts of a whole.
  3. (informal) A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday.
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