eighteenとは意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Arabic numerals: 18. Roman symbols: XVIII

語源

From Middle English eightetene, eiȝtene, ehtetene, from 古期英語 eahtatīene, eahtatēne, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten.

Equivalent to eight +‎ -teen

発音

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ(t).tin/

  (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.tiːn/

• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ(t)ˈtin/

  (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪˈtiːn/

• 韻: -iːn

数詞

eighteen

1. The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
   • 1971, Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution:

     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.

関連する語

• Ordinal: eighteenth