eighthとは意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• eight (廃れた用法)
• eightth (misspelling)

語源

From Middle English eiȝtthe, from 古期英語 eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: ātth, IPA^(key): /eɪtθ/
• (General American) enPR: ātth, āth, IPA^(key): /eɪtθ/, /eɪθ/
  • 韻: -eɪtθ, -eɪθ

形容詞

eighth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

同意語

• 8th, 8^th, VIIIth; (in names of monarchs かつ popes) VIII

名詞

eighth (複数形 eighths)

1. The person or thing in the eighth position.
2. One of eight equal parts of a whole.
3. (slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, Penguin Books (2001), page 499:

     At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane.

同意語

• (person または thing in the eighth position): eighth one
• (One of eight equal parts): ⅛, half-quarter, henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the 英国用法)

等位語

• (One of eight equal parts): epogdoon (a number greater by a ratio of nine to eight; 1+¹⁄₈)